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妻

qī

HSK 2 Character

What 妻 means

1. bound formwife

Other readings

妻 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• qìto marry off (a daughter)

Example sentences

• 她是我妻子。
  She's my wife.
• 我妻子在家。
  My wife is at home.
• 我爱我的妻子。
  I love my wife.
• 这是我的妻子。
  This is my wife.
• 他的妻子是法国人
  Tā de qīzi shì Fǎguórén
  His wife is French.
• 他被妻子诬陷了。
  Tā bèi qīzi wūxiàn le.
  He was framed by his wife.

Words starting with 妻

• 妻子qī ziwife
• 妻儿qī érwife and child
• 妻妾qī qièwives and concubines (of a polygamous man); harem
• 妻离子散qī lí zǐ sàna family wrenched apart (idiom)
• 妻室qī shìwife
• 妻小qī xiǎowife and children; (old) wife
• 妻管严qī guǎn yánhenpecked male
• 妻妾成群qī qiè chéng qúnto have many wives and concubines; to have a harem

Words containing 妻

• 夫妻fū qīhusband and wife; married couple
• 前妻qián qīex-wife; late wife
• 未婚妻wèi hūn qīfiancée
• 娶妻qǔ qīto take a wife; to get married (man)
• 贤妻良母xián qī liáng mǔa good wife and loving mother
• 娇妻jiāo qīlovely wife
• 亡妻wáng qīone's late wife
• 人妻rén qīmarried woman; wife (as a social role)
• 休妻xiū qīto repudiate one's wife
• 同妻tóng qī(neologism, attested by 2009) wife of a gay man…
• 换妻huàn qīwife swapping
• 正妻zhèng qīprimary wife (in contrast to concubine); legal wife
• 遗妻yí qīwidow
• 发妻fà qīfirst wife
• 多妻制duō qī zhìpolygyny
• 夫妻店fū qī diànfamily-run shop
• 夫妻相fū qī xiàngsimilarity in features of an old couple; common facial traits that show predestination to…
• 夫妻反目fū qī fǎn mùman and wife fall out (idiom, from Book of Changes); marital strife
• 老夫少妻lǎo fū shào qī(idiom) older husband and much younger wife
• 老夫老妻lǎo fū lǎo qīlong-married couple
• 露水夫妻lù shuǐ fū qīa couple in a short-lived, improper relationship
• 半糖夫妻bàn táng fū qīweekend spouse; relationship involving a sugar-daddy
• 丧妻sàng qīto be bereaved of one's wife
• 朋友妻不可欺péng you qī bù kě qīyou should not covet your friend's wife (idiom)

Characters that look like 妻

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 要yàoto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should
• 毒dúpoison; to poison; poisonous
• 卷juànscroll; book; volume
• 姜jiāngginger
• 妾qièconcubine; I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)
• 娄Lóusurname Lou; one of the 28 lunar mansions in Chinese astronomy

Sounds the same

Read qī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 期a period of time; phase; stage
• 七seven; 7
• 戚(bound form) relatives; kin; (bound form) grief; sorrow; (old) battle-axe
• 欺to take unfair advantage of; to deceive; to cheat
• 凄intense cold; frigid; dismal
• 漆paint; lacquer; to paint (furniture, walls etc)
• 栖to perch; to rest (of birds); to dwell
• 缉to stitch finely
• 沏to brew (tea)
• 嘁whispering sound
• 柒seven (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
• 蹊used in 蹊跷; Taiwan pr. xī