Chinese

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wife; to marry off (a daughter) child; offspring
trad. (妻孥)
simp. #(妻孥)
alternative forms 妻帑

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (14) (8)
Final () (39) (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV I
Fanqie
Baxter tshej nu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰei/ /nuo/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰei/ /nuo/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰɛi/ /no/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰɛj/ /nɔ/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰei/ /no/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰiei/ /nu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰiei/ /nuo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cai1 nou4

Noun

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妻孥

  1. (literary) wife and children

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (妻孥):
  • Japanese: (さい)() (saido)
  • Korean: 처노(妻孥) (cheono)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
さい
Grade: 5

Hyōgai
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
妻帑

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 妻孥 (MC tshej nu).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(さい)() (saidoさいど (saido)?

  1. (literary) wife and children

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