妻 (cai1 cai3 | qi1 qi4) : wife

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妻

cai1 cai3

qi1 qi4

[粵] cai1 | [國] qi1
[n] wife | [antonym] 夫

[粵] cai3 | [國] qi4
[v] [literary] marry a girl to (a man)

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Stroke count: 8

Level: 1

Radical: 女 (#38)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

妻

This word has been viewed 17375 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 2nd Oct 2013 11:43

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夫妻 fu1 cai1 fu1 qi1 = husband and wife

未婚妻 mei6 fan1 cai1 wei4 hun1 qi1 = fiancée; fiancee

妻子 cai1 zi2 qi1 zi5 = wife 國

夫妻店 fu1 cai1 dim3 fu1 qi1 dian4 = 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 cai1 yi1 fu1 yi1 qi1 = monogamy

一夫多妻 jat1 fu1 do1 cai1 yi1 fu1 duo1 qi1 = polygamy; polygyny

一妻制 jat1 cai1 zai3 yi1 qi1 zhi4 = monogamy

一妻多夫 jat1 cai1 do1 fu1 yi1 qi1 duo1 fu1 = polyandry; polygamy

一妻多夫制 jat1 cai1 do1 fu1 zai3 yi1 qi1 duo1 fu1 zhi4 = polyandry

一夜夫妻百日恩 jat1 je6 fu1 cai1 baak3 jat6 jan1 yi2 ye4 fu1 qi1 bai3 ri4 en1 = one night of a husband-wife relationship means the bond for all their life

前妻 cin4 cai1 qian2 qi1 = ex-wife

賢妻良母 jin4 cai1 loeng4 mou5 xian2 qi1 liang2 mu3 = virtuous wife and good mother

無飯夫妻 mou4 faan6 fu1 cai1 = a couple, where both partners cannot cook well 粵

抛妻棄子 paau1 cai1 hei3 zi2 pao1 qi1 qi4 zi3 = to abandon one's wife and children; run off one one's family

妻離子散 cai1 lei4 zi2 saan3 qi1 li2 zi3 san4 = breaking up of a family; to be abandonded by one's wife and for one's kids to scatter off

髮妻 faat3 cai1 fa3 [TW] fa4 [PRC] qi1 = first wife

老夫老妻 lou5 fu1 lou5 cai1 lao3 fu1 lao3 qi1 = long-time married couple

同妻 tung4 cai1 tong2 qi1 = woman who has married a gay man

三妻四妾 saam1 cai1 sei3 cip3 san1 qi1 si4 qie4 = three wives and four concubines; to have multiple wives

七世夫妻 cat1 sai3 fu1 cai3 = A Couple of Seven Lives (from Chinese folklore)

妻室 cai1 sat1 qi1 shi4 = wife

妻孥 cai1 nou4 qi1 nao2 = (formal) one's wife and children 國

賣妻鬻子 maai6 cai1 juk6 zi2 mai4 qi1 yu4 zi3 = sell one's wife and son away to sustain existence

平妻 ping4 cai1 ping2 qi1 = refers to during polygamy how two wives would be equal in status

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 妻
Unicode code for this character: U+59bb (off-site link)

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