一夫多妻制

Chinese

		polygyny	system; to make; to manufacture system; to make; to manufacture; to control; to regulate
trad. (一夫多妻制)		一夫多妻	制
simp. #(一夫多妻制)		一夫多妻	制

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīfūduōqīzhì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄈㄨ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄑㄧ ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ fu¹ do¹ cai¹ zai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīfūduōqīzhì [Phonetic: yìfūduōqīzhì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄈㄨ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄑㄧ ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yifuduocijhìh
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-fu¹-to¹-chʻi¹-chih⁴
    • Yale: yī-fū-dwō-chī-jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ifuduochijyh
    • Palladius: ифудоцичжи (ifudocičži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ fu⁵⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ fu¹ do¹ cai¹ zai³
    • Yale: yāt fū dō chāi jai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ fu¹ do¹ tsai¹ dzai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ fu¹ do¹ cei¹ zei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ fuː⁵⁵ tɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³³/

Noun

一夫多妻制

1. polygyny (practice where a man is married to several women)

Antonyms

• 一夫一妻制 (yīfūyīqīzhì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	夫	多	妻	制
いち > いっ Grade: 1	ふ > ぷ Grade: 4	た Grade: 2	さい Grade: 5	せい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

Literally "one husband multiple wives system".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ip̚pɯ̟ᵝta̠sa̠ise̞ː]

Noun

一(いっ)夫(ぷ)多(た)妻(さい)制(せい) • (ipputasai-sei) 

1. polygyny

Synonyms

• 一夫多妻(いっぷたさい) (ipputasai)

See also

• 複婚(ふくこん) (fukukon, “polygamy”)