妻兒

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Chinese

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

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/2
Initial () (14) (38)
Final () (39) (11)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Baxter tshej nye
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰei/ /ȵiᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰei/ /ȵiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰɛi/ /ȵʑjɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰɛj/ /ȵiə̆/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰei/ /ȵie/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰiei/ /ȵʑǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰiei/ /ȵʑie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ér
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cai1 ji4

Noun

妻兒

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

Synonyms

  • (wife and children):

Derived terms