媳妇
媳婦HSK 7freq #13013
Meanings
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- 1.(dialect) wife
- 2.(dialect) young married woman
- 1.daughter-in-law
- 2.wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation
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Wiktionary
- 1.daughter-in-law
- 2.wife; partner
- 3.any married woman
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Etymology
Originally also written as 息婦 (MC sik bjuwX, literally “son's wife”), composed of 息 (xī, “son”) + 婦／妇 (fù, “wife”); possibly a reanalysis of the similar-sounding 新婦 (MC sin bjuwX, “son's wife”) (Shi, 2008).
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Components
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Example sentences
你媳妇怎么样，汤姆？
How's your wife, Tom?
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
兒媳婦儿媳妇多年媳婦熬成婆多年媳妇熬成婆大媳婦大媳妇婆婆口絮，媳婦耳頑婆婆口絮，媳妇耳顽娶媳婦娶媳妇媳婦熬成婆媳妇熬成婆孫媳婦孙媳妇小媳婦小媳妇巧媳婦煮不得沒米粥巧媳妇煮不得没米粥弟媳婦弟媳妇新來媳婦三日勤新来媳妇三日勤毛腳媳婦毛脚媳妇準媳婦准媳妇老媳婦老媳妇醜媳婦總得要見公婆丑媳妇总得要见公婆
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Related words
媳妇儿 erhua form of 媳妇[xí fù]小媳妇 young married woman侄媳妇 brother's son's wife; nephew's wife媳妇儿 erhua form of 媳妇[xí fu]儿媳妇 daughter-in-law孙媳妇 son's son's wife; grandson's wife娶媳妇 to get oneself a wife童养媳妇 child bride儿媳妇儿 erhua form of 儿媳妇[ér xí fù]外甥媳妇 sister's son's wife媳妇熬成婆 lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom)多年媳妇熬成婆 see 媳妇熬成婆[xí fù ào chéng pó]