賢妻

Chinese

		worthy (person)	wife; to marry off (a daughter)
trad. (賢妻)		賢	妻
simp. (贤妻)		贤	妻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiánqī

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴ cai¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiân-chhe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiánqī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siánci
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²-chʻi¹
    • Yale: syán-chī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyanchi
    • Palladius: сяньци (sjanʹci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁴ cai¹
    • Yale: yìhn chāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴ tsai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴ cei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹ t͡sʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiân-chhe
    • Tâi-lô: hiân-tshe
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hienzhef
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰe³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn¹³⁻²² t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn²³⁻³³ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/

Noun

賢妻

1. virtuous wife; perfect wife; good wife

Derived terms

• 賢妻良母 / 贤妻良母 (xiánqīliángmǔ)

Japanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kẽ̞ɰ̃sa̠i]

Noun

賢妻(けんさい) • (kensai) 

1. (slang) wise wife; a wife who is good at cooking and housework.