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妻子

qī zi

Old HSK 2 HSK 3.0 level 2 2-character word

妻子 (qī zi) means "wife". It is an HSK 3.0 level 2 word, and was HSK 2 in the old six-level list.

What 妻子 means

1. wife

Other readings

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

• qī zǐwife and children

The characters in 妻子

• 妻qī(bound form) wife
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

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.

Where 妻子 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Family Members (HSK 2), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 2 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qī zi correctly.
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