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[粵] cai1 | [國] qi1 [n] wife | [antonym] 夫 [粵] cai3 | [國] qi4 [v] [literary] marry a girl to (a man) Default PoS: Additional PoS: Stroke count: 8
Level: 1
Radical: 女 (#38)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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夫妻 fu1 cai1 = husband and wife 未婚妻 mei6 fan1 cai1 = fiancée; fiancee 妻子 cai1 zi2 = wife 國 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 cai1 = monogamy 一夫多妻 jat1 fu1 do1 cai1 = polygamy; polygyny 一妻制 jat1 cai1 zai3 = monogamy See all 27 compounds (CantoDict reports 28 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Legend 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. |