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媳妇

xí fù

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 媳婦

What 媳妇 means

1. daughter-in-law
2. wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation

Other readings

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

• xí fuwife; young married woman

The characters in 媳妇

• 媳xídaughter-in-law
• 妇fùwoman

Example sentences

• 你媳妇怎么样，汤姆？
  Nǐ xífù zěnmeyàng, Tāngmǔ?
  How's your wife, Tom?
• 你媳妇怎幺样，汤姆？
  How's your wife, Tom?
• 婆婆和媳妇就像是暴风雨和冰雹。
  Pópo hé xífù jiù xiàng shì bàofēngyǔ hé bīngbáo.
  Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are a tempest and hailstorm.

Words starting with 媳妇

• 媳妇儿xí fù rerhua form of 媳妇
• 媳妇熬成婆xí fù áo chéng pólit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law…

Words containing 媳妇

• 儿媳妇ér xí fùdaughter-in-law
• 小媳妇xiǎo xí fuyoung married woman; mistress; (fig.) punching bag
• 侄媳妇zhí xí fùbrother's son's wife; nephew's wife
• 娶媳妇qǔ xí fùto get oneself a wife; to take a daughter-in-law
• 孙媳妇sūn xí fùson's son's wife; grandson's wife
• 儿媳妇儿ér xí fù rerhua form of 儿媳妇
• 童养媳妇tóng yǎng xí fùchild bride; girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law
• 外甥媳妇wài sheng xí fùsister's son's wife
• 丑媳妇早晚要见公婆chǒu xí fù zǎo wǎn yào jiàn gōng pó(lit.) the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (proverb)…
• 多年媳妇熬成婆duō nián xí fù áo chéng pósee 媳妇熬成婆