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婿

xù

Character

What 婿 means

1. son-in-law
2. husband

Other readings

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

• xùvariant of {婿|xù}

Words containing 婿

• 女婿nǚ xudaughter's husband; son-in-law
• 夫婿fū xù(literary) husband
• 妹婿mèi xùbrother-in-law (younger sister's husband)
• 小婿xiǎo xùmy son-in-law (humble); I (spoken to parents-in-law)
• 翁婿wēng xùfather-in-law (wife's father) and son-in-law
• 侄女婿zhí nǚ xubrother's daughter's husband; niece's husband
• 孙女婿sūn nǚ xuson's daughter's husband; granddaughter's husband
• 金龟婿jīn guī xùwealthy son-in-law; wealthy husband
• 上门女婿shàng mén nǚ xulive-in son-in-law; husband living with the wife's family
• 乘龙快婿chéng lóng kuài xùideal son-in-law
• 赘婿zhuì xùson-in-law living at wife's parent's house
• 外甥女婿wài sheng nǚ xusister's daughter's husband

Characters built on 胥

These share the phonetic component 胥 (xū), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 醑xǔspiritus; strain spirits
• 糈xǔofficial pay; sacrificial rice

Characters that look like 婿

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

• 婚hūn(bound form) marriage; wedding; (bound form) to marry
• 锡xītin (chemistry); to bestow; to confer
• 晤wùto meet (socially)
• 矫jiáoused in 矫情
• 蛎lìoyster
• 蛞kuòused in 蛞蝼; used in 蛞蝓

Sounds the same

Read xù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 续to continue; to replenish
• 序(bound form) order; sequence; (bound form) introductory; initial; preface
• 叙to narrate; to chat
• 绪beginnings; clues; mental state
• 蓄to store up; to grow (e.g. a beard); to entertain (ideas)
• 畜to raise (animals)
• 酗drunk
• 恤anxiety; sympathy; to sympathize
• 旭dawn; rising sun
• 絮cotton wadding; fig. padding; long-winded
• 煦balmy; nicely warm; cozy
• 蓿clover; lucerne; Taiwan pr. sù