See also: 媳妇

Chinese

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daughter in law woman
trad. (媳婦)
simp. (媳妇)
alternative forms 息婦息妇

Etymology

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Originally also written as 息婦 (MC sik bjuwX, literally “son's wife”), composed of (, “son”) + (, “wife”); possibly a reanalysis of the similar-sounding 新婦 (MC sin bjuwX, “son's wife”) (Shi, 2008).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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媳婦

  1. daughter-in-law
  2. (Mandarin, dialectal Gan) wife; partner
  3. (dialectal Mandarin, Jin) any married woman

Usage notes

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  • To avoid ambiguity, the daughter-in-law sense is often replaced by 兒媳婦儿媳妇 (érxífù) in conversations where such distinction needs to be made.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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