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外甥媳婦

ngoi6 saang1 sik1 fu5

wai4 sheng5 xi2 fu4

sister's son's wife

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

外甥媳婦

This word was added by bybell on 3rd Apr 2006 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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外 ngoi6 wai4 - external, foreign; alienate
甥 saang1 sang1 sheng1 - [1] [n] sister's child; nephew [2] a son-in-l
媳 sik1 xi2 - [n] daughter-in-law
婦 fu5 pou5 fu4 - married woman; matron

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