Chinese edit

Etymology 1 edit

wife diminutive suffix
trad. (妻子)
simp. #(妻子)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (14) (13)
Final () (39) (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Baxter tshej tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰei/ /t͡sɨX/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰei/ /t͡sɨX/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰɛi/ /t͡sieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰɛj/ /t͡sɨX/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰei/ /t͡siəX/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰiei/ /t͡sĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰiei/ /t͡siX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cai1 zi2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ tshej › ‹ tsiX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[tsʰ]ˁəj/ /*tsəʔ/
English consort, wife child; gentleman, master

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 9913 17857
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sʰiːl/ /*ʔslɯʔ/

Noun edit

妻子

  1. wife
    妻子孩子養活 [MSC, trad.]
    妻子孩子养活 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā yǒu yī ge qīzi hé liǎng ge háizi yào yǎnghuó. [Pinyin]
    He has a wife and two young children to provide for.
Synonyms edit
Antonyms edit
  • 丈夫 (zhàngfu, “husband”)
Derived terms edit
See also edit

Etymology 2 edit

wife son; child
trad. (妻子)
simp. #(妻子)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (14) (13)
Final () (39) (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Baxter tshej tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰei/ /t͡sɨX/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰei/ /t͡sɨX/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰɛi/ /t͡sieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰɛj/ /t͡sɨX/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰei/ /t͡siəX/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰiei/ /t͡sĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰiei/ /t͡siX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cai1 zi2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ tshej › ‹ tsiX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[tsʰ]ˁəj/ /*tsəʔ/
English consort, wife child; gentleman, master

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 9913 17857
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sʰiːl/ /*ʔslɯʔ/

Noun edit

妻子

  1. (Classical) wife and child(ren)
Synonyms edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (妻子):

Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
さい
Grade: 5

Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 妻子 (MC tshej tsiX).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(さい)() (saishiさいし (saisi)?

  1. wife and children
Synonyms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
つま
Grade: 5

Grade: 1
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 妻子 – see the following entry.
つまこ
[noun] wife and children
(This term, 妻子, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3 edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5

Grade: 1
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 妻子 – see the following entry.
めこ
[noun] (Classical Japanese) wife and children
(This term, 妻子, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

妻子 (cheoja) (hangeul 처자)

  1. Hanja form? of 처자 (wife and children).

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun edit

妻子

  1. chữ Hán form of thê tử.