媳婦

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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

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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