糟糠之妻

Chinese

		distiller's grains and grain husk; chaff and bran; foodstuffs for the poor distiller's grains and grain husk; chaff and bran; foodstuffs for the poor; frugal meals	's; him/her/it; this	wife; to marry off (a daughter)
trad. (糟糠之妻)		糟糠	之	妻
simp. #(糟糠之妻)		糟糠	之	妻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zāokāngzhīqī

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠ ㄎㄤ ㄓ ㄑㄧ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zāokāngzhīqī
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠ ㄎㄤ ㄓ ㄑㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zaokangjhihci
    • Wade–Giles: tsao¹-kʻang¹-chih¹-chʻi¹
    • Yale: dzāu-kāng-jr̄-chī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaukangjychi
    • Palladius: цзаоканчжици (czaokančžici)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯⁵⁵ kʰɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/

Idiom

糟糠之妻

1. (humble) wife who has shared her husband’s hard lot

Derived terms

• 糟糠之妻不下堂 (zāokāng zhī qī bù xiàtáng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
糟	糠	之	妻
そう Hyōgaiji	こう Hyōgaiji	の Jinmeiyō	つま Grade: 5
on’yomi		kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 糟糠之妻 – see the following entry.

【糟糠そうこうの妻つま】 [noun] [from late 1170s] a faithful wife who has been with one through tough times and shared hardships

(This term, 糟糠之妻, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)