山妻

Chinese

		mountain; hill	wife; to marry off (a daughter)
trad. (山妻)		山	妻
simp. #(山妻)		山	妻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shānqī

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ ㄑㄧ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shānqī
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ ㄑㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shanci
    • Wade–Giles: shan¹-chʻi¹
    • Yale: shān-chī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanchi
    • Palladius: шаньци (šanʹci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: srean tshej|tshejH

Rime
Character	山	妻	妻
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	清 (14)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	山 (73)	齊 (39)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	IV	IV
Fanqie	所閒切	七稽切	七計切
Baxter	srean	tshej	tshejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠɛn/	/t͡sʰei/	/t͡sʰeiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚæn/	/t͡sʰei/	/t͡sʰeiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃæn/	/t͡sʰɛi/	/t͡sʰɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂəɨn/	/t͡sʰɛj/	/t͡sʰɛjH/
Li Rong	/ʃɛn/	/t͡sʰei/	/t͡sʰeiH/
Wang Li	/ʃæn/	/t͡sʰiei/	/t͡sʰieiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂăn/	/t͡sʰiei/	/t͡sʰieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shān	qī	qì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saan1	cai1	cai3

Noun

山妻

1. (literary, humble) my wife

Synonyms

• 內人／内人 (nèirén)
• 內子／内子 (nèizǐ)
• 山荊／山荆 (shānjīng)
• 拙荊／拙荆 (zhuōjīng)