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同妻

tóng qī

2-character word

What 同妻 means

1. (neologism, attested by 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)

The characters in 同妻

• 同tónglike; same; similar
• 妻qī(bound form) wife

Sounds the same

Read tóng qī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 同期the corresponding time period (in a different year etc); concurrent; synchronous

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