妻小

Chinese

		wife; to marry off (a daughter)	small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young
trad. (妻小)		妻	小
simp. #(妻小)		妻	小

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīxiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ ㄒㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cai¹ siu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīxiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ ㄒㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cisiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi¹-hsiao³
    • Yale: chī-syǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chisheau
    • Palladius: цисяо (cisjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cai¹ siu²
    • Yale: chāi síu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsai¹ siu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cei¹ xiu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐi̯⁵⁵ siːu̯³⁵/

Noun

妻小

1. (literary) wife and children

Synonyms

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• 妻兒 / 妻儿 (qī'ér)
• 妻子 (Classical Chinese)
• 妻孥 (qīnú) (dated)
• 家小 (jiāxiǎo) (colloquial)
• 家眷 (jiājuàn)
• 某囝 (Hokkien)
• 老媽囝 / 老妈囝 (sē-mǎ-gṳǐng) (Northern Min)