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= qi + Ø1
wife
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= qi + Ø4
to marry off (a daughter)
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How to pronounce 妻

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= qi initial

Qi is for the Queen of Hearts.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ Ø1 final

In front of the space station.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
= qi initial

Qi is for the Queen of Hearts.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ Ø4 final

In the space station’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago

妻 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= y + Ø1
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
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female / woman / daughter
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= ru + Ø3
archaic variant of 汝[ru3]
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Character component without intrinsic meaning
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Characters with 妻 as component

= qi + Ø1
to perch / to rest (of birds) / to dwell / to live / to stay
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= qi + Ø1
Celosia argentea / luxuriant
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= qi + Ø1
name of a river / place name
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Words with 妻

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(neologism c. 2009) wife of a gay man (the man may marry to conform with social expectations, and the woman often enters the marriage not knowing he is gay)
to be bereaved of one's wife

Sentences with 妻

妻 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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