妻子
qīzi
wife
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
妻wife
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子child
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Examples
- 我介绍我妻子。Let me introduce my wife.
- 他妻子是医生。His wife is a doctor.
Collocations
我的妻子老婆 / 妻子一位妻子
Mnemonic
妻子 qīzi "wife" — 妻 + 子 (suffix). Formal; in daily speech 老婆 lǎopó is more common. Japanese 妻子 saishi means "wife and children together" — slight semantic shift.
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