妻兒

Chinese

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

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/2 2/2
Initial () (14) (14) (38) (31)
Final () (39) (39) (11) (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open Open
Division () IV IV III IV
Fanqie
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
ér
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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