休妻

Chinese

		to rest	wife; to marry off (a daughter)
trad. (休妻)		休	妻
simp. #(休妻)		休	妻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiūqī

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡ ㄑㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ cai¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hiû-chhî
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiu-chhe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiūqī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ ㄑㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siouci
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu¹-chʻi¹
    • Yale: syōu-chī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiouchi
    • Palladius: сюци (sjuci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau¹ cai¹
    • Yale: yāu chāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹ tsai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹ cei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiû-chhî
    • Hakka Romanization System: hiu´ qi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hiu¹ qi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯u²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiu-chhe
    • Tâi-lô: hiu-tshe
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiuzhef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiu⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiu³³ t͡sʰe³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiu⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiu⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiu⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/

Verb

休妻

1. (chiefly historical) to divorce one's wife; to repudiate one's wife