匹偶

Chinese

		(measure word for horses, mules, a bolt of cloth); ordinary person; mate (measure word for horses, mules, a bolt of cloth); ordinary person; mate; one of a pair	accidental; image; pair accidental; image; pair; mate
trad. (匹偶)		匹	偶
simp. #(匹偶)		匹	偶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pǐ'ǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˇ ㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pat¹ ngau⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phit-ngó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pǐ'ǒu [Phonetic: píǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˇ ㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pǐ-ǒu
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi³-ou³
    • Yale: pǐ-ǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piioou
    • Palladius: пиоу (piou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ˀoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pat¹ ngau⁵
    • Yale: pāt ngáuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pat⁷ ngau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ped¹ ngeo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɐt̚⁵ ŋɐu̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phit-ngó͘
    • Tâi-lô: phit-ngóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phitngor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰit̚³²⁻⁴ ŋɔ̃⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰit̚⁵⁻²⁴ ŋɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰit̚³²⁻⁵ ŋɔ̃⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰit̚³²⁻⁴ ŋɔ̃⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰit̚³²⁻⁴ ŋɔ̃⁴¹/

Noun

匹偶

1. (literary) spouse

Synonyms

• 上好 (Min Nan)
• 伴侶／伴侣 (bànlǚ)
• 好的 (Philippine Hokkien)
• 妃耦 (pèi'ǒu) (literary)
• 對象／对象 (duìxiàng)
• 對頭／对头
• 搭頭的／搭头的 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 相好 (Hokkien)
• 配偶 (pèi'ǒu) (formal)

 

Verb

匹偶

1. (literary) to get married

Synonyms

• 作對／作对 (zuòduì, “to pair off in marriage”)
• 匹配 (pǐpèi)
• 娶 (of a man)
• 婚嫁 (hūnjià)
• 婚配 (hūnpèi)
• 嫁 (jià) (of a woman)
• 嫁娶 (jiàqǔ)
• 安家 (ānjiā) (figurative)
• 完婚 (wánhūn)
• 完成 (wánchéng) (literary)
• 成婚 (chénghūn)
• 成家 (chéngjiā) (of a man)
• 成親／成亲 (chéngqīn)
• 桃夭 (táoyāo) (literary)
• 𤆬 (“to take a wife”) (Hokkien, Teochew, Leizhou Min)
• 𤆬新娘 (“to take a wife”) (Min Nan)
• 𤆬新婦／𤆬新妇 (“to take a wife”)
• 結合／结合 (jiéhé)
• 結婚／结婚 (jiéhūn)
• 聯結／联结 (liánjié)