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媳
xí
1. daughter-in-law
Common • Top 14% ✏️ 13 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

媳
xí
daughter-in-law
HSK 6 13 丶

Compound Words (15)

儿媳
érxí
daughter-in-law
婆媳
póxí
mother-in-law and daughter-in-law
媳妇
xífù
daughter-in-law
HSK 6
弟媳
dìxí
younger brother's wife
儿媳妇
érxífu
daughter-in-law
侄媳妇
zhíxífu
brother's son's wife
娶媳妇
qǔxífù
to get oneself a wife
媳妇儿
xífur
wife
孙媳夫
sūnxífu
son's son's wife
童养媳
tóngyǎngxí
child bride
儿媳妇儿
érxífur
erhua variant of [[兒媳婦|儿媳妇<érxífu>]]
外甥媳妇
wàishengxífù
sister's son's wife
小媳妇儿
xiǎoxífur
young married woman
童养媳妇
tóngyǎngxífù
child bride
媳妇熬成婆
xífùáochéngpó
lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom)

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Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,392
Word Frequency Rank
11,598 of 84,292

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