妻孥

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīnú

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ ㄋㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cai¹ nou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīnú
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ ㄋㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cinú
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi¹-nu²
    • Yale: chī-nú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chinu
    • Palladius: цину (cinu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ nu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cai¹ nou⁴
    • Yale: chāi nòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsai¹ nou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cei¹ nou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐi̯⁵⁵ nou̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tshej nu

Rime
Character	妻	孥
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	七稽切	乃都切
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	qī	nú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cai1	nou4

Noun

妻孥

1. (literary) wife and children

Synonyms

• 妻兒／妻儿 (qī'ér)
• 妻子 (Classical Chinese)
• 妻小 (qīxiǎo) (dated)
• 家小 (jiāxiǎo) (colloquial)
• 家眷 (jiājuàn)
• 某囝 (Hokkien)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (妻孥):

• → Japanese: 妻(さい)孥(ど) (saido)
• → Korean: 처노(妻孥) (cheono)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
妻	孥
さい Grade: 5	ど Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
妻帑

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 妻孥 (MC tshej nu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sa̠ido̞]

Noun

妻(さい)孥(ど) • (saido) ^{←さいど (saido)?}

1. (literary) wife and children

Synonyms

• 妻子(さいし) (saishi), 妻子(つまこ) (tsumako), 妻子(めこ) (meko)