山妻

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Chinese

mountain; hill wife; to marry off (a daughter)
trad. (山妻)
simp. #(山妻)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial () (21) (14) (14)
Final () (73) (39) (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () II IV IV
Fanqie
Baxter srean tshej tshejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʃˠɛn/ /t͡sʰei/ /t͡sʰeiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʃᵚæn/ /t͡sʰei/ /t͡sʰeiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʃæn/ /t͡sʰɛi/ /t͡sʰɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʂəɨn/ /t͡sʰɛj/ /t͡sʰɛjH/
Li
Rong
/ʃɛn/ /t͡sʰei/ /t͡sʰeiH/
Wang
Li
/ʃæn/ /t͡sʰiei/ /t͡sʰieiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʂăn/ /t͡sʰiei/ /t͡sʰieiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
saan1 cai1 cai3

Noun

山妻

  1. (literary, humble) my wife

Synonyms