妻小

Chinese

		wife; to marry off (a daughter)	small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young
trad. (妻小)		妻	小
simp. ^#(妻小)		妻	小

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīxiǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄒㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cai¹ siu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qīxiǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄒㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cisiǎo
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi¹-hsiao³
  - Yale: chī-syǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chisheau
  - Palladius: цисяо (cisjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cai¹ siu²
  - Yale: chāi síu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsai¹ siu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: cei¹ xiu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐi̯⁵⁵ siːu̯³⁵/

Noun

妻小

(literary) wife and children

Synonyms

妻兒／妻儿 (qī'ér)
妻子 (Classical Chinese)
妻孥 (qīnú) (dated)
家小 (jiāxiǎo) (colloquial)
家眷 (jiājuàn)
某囝 (Hokkien)

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