媳妇 meaning in English

xífu

daughter-in-law; wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 媳婦19 strokes

Meaning of 媳妇

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xífù
  1. daughter-in-law
  2. wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation
xífu
  1. (dialect) wife
  2. (dialect) young married woman

媳妇 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ媳xí妇fù怎zěn么me样yàng,汤tāng姆mǔ?
How's your wife, Tom?
婆pó婆po和hé媳xí妇fù就jiù像xiàng是shì暴bào风fēng雨yǔ和hé冰bīng雹báo。
Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are a tempest and hailstorm.

Stroke order for each character

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媳 xí · daughter-in-law · 13 strokes

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妇 fù · married woman · 6 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 媳妇.

夫妇fūfùa (married) couple; husband and wife
妇女fùnǚwoman
寡妇guǎfuwidow
孕妇yùnfùpregnant woman
主妇zhǔfùhousewife; woman of senior authority in a household
荡妇dàngfùprostitute; floozy; slut
情妇qíngfùmistress; paramour (of married man)
家庭主妇jiātíngzhǔfùhousewife; stay-at-home wife
妇人fùrénmarried woman
老妇人lǎofùrénelderly woman
泼妇pōfùshrew; vixen
妇产科fùchǎnkēdepartment of gynecology and obstetrics; birth clinic

Questions about 媳妇

What does 媳妇 mean?

媳妇 (xífu) means "daughter-in-law; wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 媳妇?

媳妇 is made of 2 characters: 媳 (13 strokes), 妇 (6 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.

Is 媳妇 an HSK word?

Yes. 媳妇 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 媳妇 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 媳妇 is written 媳婦.