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媳
xí
daughter-in-law
🔤 Pictophonetic:
女 (woman) provides meaning, 息 provides pronunciation
Words Using 媳 (16)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
HSK
媳妇
xífù
daughter-in-law / wife (of a younger man) / young married woman / young woman
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媳妇
xífù
daughter-in-law / wife (of a younger man) / young married woman / young woman
媳
xí
daughter-in-law
媳
xí
daughter-in-law
弟媳
dìxí
younger brother's wife / sister-in-law
弟媳
dìxí
younger brother's wife / sister-in-law
媳妇儿
xífur
wife / young married woman
媳妇儿
xífur
wife / young married woman
媳妇熬成婆
xífùáochéngpó
lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom) / fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor / what goes around comes around
媳妇熬成婆
xífùáochéngpó
lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom) / fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor / what goes around comes around
孙媳夫
sūnxífu
son's son's wife / grandson's wife
孙媳夫
sūnxífu
son's son's wife / grandson's wife
童养媳
tóngyǎngxí
child bride / girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law
童养媳
tóngyǎngxí
child bride / girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law
侄媳妇
zhíxífu
brother's son's wife / nephew's wife
侄媳妇
zhíxífu
brother's son's wife / nephew's wife
童养媳妇
tóngyǎngxífù
child bride / girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law
童养媳妇
tóngyǎngxífù
child bride / girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law
娶媳妇
qǔxífù
to get oneself a wife / to take a daughter-in-law
娶媳妇
qǔxífù
to get oneself a wife / to take a daughter-in-law
Component Breakdown
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⿰女息
i
Component Tree i
xī
息
to end, to cease, to put a stop to; pause, breath, rest; news
💡 Ideographic:
To breathe (life, 心) through one's nose 自; 心 also provides the pronunciation
10 strokes
HSK 2
zì
自
self; private, personal; from
📷 Pictographic:
A nose; in China, people refer to themselves by pointing to their noses
6 strokes
HSK 3
unknown
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Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical
1 strokes