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媳婦

简媳妇 · 繁媳婦

Mandarin · pinyin xí fù#

daughter-in-law
wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation

Mandarin · pinyin xí fu#

(dialect) wife
(dialect) young married woman

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媳: xí · daughter-in-law
婦: Look up this written character
妇: fù · married women; woman; wife

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2–4 · xi2 fu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sik1 fu5

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noun

daughter-in-law
(Mandarin, dialectal Gan) wife; partner
(dialectal Mandarin, Jin) any married woman

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