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| 妻 | |
cai1 cai3
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(1) one's formal or legal wife (2) [v] marry one's daughter to someone Stroke count: 8
Level: 3
Radical: 女 (#38)
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| 妻 | |
| This character was last edited on 3rd Feb 2008 | |
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夫妻
fu1 cai1 = husband and wife
妻子
cai1 zi2 = wife國
未婚妻
mei6 fan1 cai1 = fiancée
夫妻店
fu1 cai1 dim3 = family-run shop
一夫多妻制
jat1 fu1 do1 cai1 zai3 = polygamy (lit., "one husband, many wives system")
一夫一妻制
jat1 fu1 jat1 cai1 zai3 = monogamy (lit., "one husband one wife system")
寧教人打仔，莫教人分妻
ning4 gaau3 jan4 daa2 zai2, mok6 gaau3 jan4 fan1 cai1 = prefer to teach a person how to hit their children, instead of teaching a person to separate from their wife
一夫一妻
jat1 fu1 jat1 cai3 = monogamy
一夫多妻
jat1 fu1 do1 cai3 = polygamy; polygyny
一妻制
jat1 cai3 zai3 = monogamySee all 15 compounds |
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Legend 國 : Written Chinese only 粵 : Spoken Cantonese only |
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[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/667/]妻[/url][/big]
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Decimal representation of this word: 妻
Unicode code for this character: U+59BB (off-site link)
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/667/]妻[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/667/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">妻</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 妻
Unicode code for this character: U+59BB (off-site link)
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