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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xí | xi2
English translation
daughter-in-law

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

woman

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

女息

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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娶媳妇 qǔ xí fù Yìng bàn de shì 早些 zǎo xiē 料理 liào lǐ 料理 liào lǐ , 免得 miǎnde dào shí diū Sān de .

You should make preparations in good time for your own wedding . We don't want to find , when the time comes , that we've forgotten this, that and the other.

shì 媳妇 xífù ne ,是娶那点 Qián , duì 不对 bù duì ? ”

You married me for my money, didn't you? "

wèn :“ gěi liú èr Hēi shōu le 童养媳 tóng yǎng xí ? ”

" Are you raising a girl at home to be Young Blacky's wife? "

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
媳妇 xífù daughter-in-law媳婦
儿媳妇 ér xí fu daughter-in-law兒媳婦
儿媳 ér xí daughter-in-law兒媳
daughter-in-law
媳妇儿 xí fu r wife媳婦兒
婆媳 pó xí mother-in-law and daughter-in-law婆媳 pó xí
弟媳 dì xí sister-in-law弟媳 dì xí
小媳妇 xiǎo xí fu mistress小媳婦
娶媳妇 qǔ xí fù to get oneself a wife娶媳婦
童养媳 tóng yǎng xí child bride童養媳
孙媳妇 sūn xí fu son's son's wife孫媳婦
侄媳妇 zhí xí fu nephew's wife姪媳婦

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Decomposition

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