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Definitions

  1. 1. to marry off (a daughter)

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 13276150)

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Words Containing 妻

丧妻
sàng qī

to be bereaved of one's wife

朋友妻不可欺
péng you qī bù kě qī

you should not covet your friend's wife (idiom)

贤妻
xián qī

you, my beloved wife

糟糠妻
zāo kāng qī

wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband

未婚妻
wèi hūn qī

fiancée

夫妻脸
fū qī liǎn

see 夫妻相[fū qī xiàng]

一夫一妻
yī fū yī qī

lit. one husband one wife

多妻制
duō qī zhì

polygamy

同妻
tóng qī

(neologism c. 2009) wife of a gay man (the man may marry to conform with social expectations, and the woman often enters the marriage not knowing he is gay)

娶妻
qǔ qī

to take a wife

封妻荫子
fēng qī yìn zǐ

to bestow a title on the wife of a deserving official and make his son heir to his titles

宠妾灭妻
chǒng qiè miè qī

favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom)

妻子
qī zi

wife

夫妻相
fū qī xiàng

common facial traits that show predestination to be married together

未娶妻
wèi qǔ qī

not yet married

休妻
xiū qī

to repudiate one's wife

娇妻
jiāo qī

lovely wife

一夫多妻
yī fū duō qī

polygamy

前妻
qián qī

ex-wife

遗妻弃子
yí qī qì zǐ

to abandon wife and children

妻子
qī zǐ

wife and children

丑妻近地家中宝
chǒu qī jìn dì jiā zhōng bǎo

an ugly wife is a treasure at home (idiom)

人妻
rén qī

married woman; wife (as a social role)

半糖夫妻
bàn táng fū qī

weekend spouse

贤妻良母
xián qī liáng mǔ

a good wife and loving mother

妻儿
qī ér

wife and child

发妻
fà qī

first wife

一妻制
yī qī zhì

monogamy

妻离子散
qī lí zǐ sàn

a family wrenched apart (idiom)

夫妻反目
fū qī fǎn mù

man and wife fall out (idiom, from Book of Changes); marital strife

妻室
qī shì

wife

夫妻店
fū qī diàn

family-run shop

换妻
huàn qī

wife swapping

霸妻
bà qī

to use one's power and influence to take another man's wife for oneself

夫妻
fū qī

husband and wife; married couple

妻妾
qī qiè

wives and concubines (of a polygamous man)

露水夫妻
lù shuǐ fū qī

a couple in a short-lived, improper relationship

遗妻
yí qī

widow

妻管严
qī guǎn yán

henpecked male