媳妇

xí fù

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HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 6 Noun Uncommon

Definitions

1. daughter-in-law
2. wife (of a younger man)
3. young married woman
4. young woman

Word relationships

Counterparts

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• 婆婆 pó po 婆婆 pó po husband's mother husband's mother; mother-in-law of a woman: husband's mother

Register variants

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• 儿媳 ér xí 儿媳 ér xí daughter-in-law formal or written term for daughter-in-law: daughter-in-law

Related words

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• 少妇 shào fù 少妇 shào fù young married woman young married woman (more literary/formal, does not carry daughter-in-law or wife meanings): young married woman

Usage notes

Common mistakes

Learners often confuse 媳妇 (daughter-in-law/wife) with 女儿 (daughter). A daughter-in-law is the son's wife, not the speaker's daughter.

Example Sentences

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我的 媳妇 很会做饭。

My wife cooks very well.

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Words Containing 媳妇

• 儿媳妇 儿媳妇 ér xí fu: daughter-in-law
• 外甥媳妇 外甥媳妇 wài sheng xí fù: sister's son's wife
• 多年媳妇熬成婆 多年媳妇熬成婆 duō nián xí fù áo chéng pó: see 媳婦熬成婆|媳妇熬成婆[xí fù ào chéng pó]
• 侄媳妇 侄媳妇 zhí xí fu: brother's son's wife
• 娶媳妇 娶媳妇 qǔ xí fù: to get oneself a wife
• 媳妇熬成婆 媳妇熬成婆 xí fù áo chéng pó: lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom)
• 孙媳妇 孙媳妇 sūn xí fu: son's son's wife
• 小媳妇 小媳妇 xiǎo xí fu: young married woman
• 童养媳妇 童养媳妇 tóng yǎng xí fù: child bride
• 丑媳妇早晚也得见公婆 丑媳妇早晚也得见公婆 chǒu xí fù zǎo wǎn yě děi jiàn gōng pó: lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom)

Child Words of 媳妇

• 妇 妇 fù: woman
• 媳 媳 xí: daughter-in-law