妻兒

Chinese

wife; to marry off (a daughter) son; child; diminutive suffix
trad. (妻兒) 妻 兒
simp. (妻儿) 妻 儿

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 妻 妻 兒 兒
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 清 (14) 清 (14) 日 (38) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 齊 (39) 齊 (39) 支 (11) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open Open
Division (等) IV IV III IV
Fanqie 七稽切 七計切 汝移切 五稽切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰei/ /t͡sʰeiH/ /ȵiᴇ/ /ŋei/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰei/ /t͡sʰeiH/ /ȵiɛ/ /ŋei/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰɛi/ /t͡sʰɛiH/ /ȵʑjɛ/ /ŋɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰɛj/ /t͡sʰɛjH/ /ȵiə̆/ /ŋɛj/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰei/ /t͡sʰeiH/ /ȵie/ /ŋei/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰiei/ /t͡sʰieiH/ /ȵʑǐe/ /ŋiei/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰiei/ /t͡sʰieiH/ /ȵʑie̯/ /ŋiei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qī qì ér yí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cai1 cai3 ji4 ngai4

Noun

妻兒

  1. (literary) wife and child(ren)
  2. (archaic) wife

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 妻兒老小/妻儿老小
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