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妻

Mandarin · pinyin qī#

(bound form) wife

Mandarin · pinyin qì#

to marry off (a daughter)

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妻: qī · wife

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1 · qi1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cai1 · cai3

Cantonese word readings for 妻. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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wife

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(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to give a wife to; to give as a wife; to become married to a man
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to marry a woman

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