外戚

Chinese

		outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external	get close to; relative; sorrow get close to; relative; sorrow; battle-axe
trad. (外戚)		外	戚
simp. #(外戚)		外	戚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàiqī

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ ㄑㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁶ cik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wàiqī
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄑㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wàici
    • Wade–Giles: wai⁴-chʻi¹
    • Yale: wài-chī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: waychi
    • Palladius: вайци (vajci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngoi⁶ cik¹
    • Yale: ngoih chīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁶ tsik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁶ qig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²² t͡sʰɪk̚⁵/

Noun

外戚

1. relatives of a king or emperor on his mother's or wife's side

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 外家親／外家亲

Related terms

• 內親／内亲 (nèiqīn)
• 皇族 (huángzú); 王族 (wángzú)