一夫多妻

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	husband; man	many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	wife; to marry off (a daughter)
trad. (一夫多妻)		一	夫	多	妻
simp. #(一夫多妻)		一	夫	多	妻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīfūduōqī

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄈㄨ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄑㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ fu¹ do¹ cai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīfūduōqī [Phonetic: yìfūduōqī]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄈㄨ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄑㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yifuduoci
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-fu¹-to¹-chʻi¹
    • Yale: yī-fū-dwō-chī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ifuduochi
    • Palladius: ифудоци (ifudoci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ fu⁵⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ fu¹ do¹ cai¹
    • Yale: yāt fū dō chāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ fu¹ do¹ tsai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ fu¹ do¹ cei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ fuː⁵⁵ tɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

一夫多妻

1. polygyny (plurality of wives at the same time)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	夫	多	妻
いち > いっ Grade: 1	ふ > ぷ Grade: 4	た Grade: 2	さい Grade: 5
goon

Etymology

一夫 (ippu, “one husband”) +‎ 多妻 (tasai, “multiple wives”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) い​っぷたさい [íꜜppù tàsáí] (Atamadaka + Heiban – [1]-[0])

• (Tokyo) い​っぷたさい [íꜜppù tàsàì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ip̚pɯ̟̊ᵝ ta̠sa̠i]

Noun

一(いっ)夫(ぷ)多(た)妻(さい) • (ippu tasai) 

1. polygyny (plurality of wives at the same time)

   Antonym: 一妻多夫 (issai tafu)

   Hypernyms: 複婚 (fukukon), ポリガミー (porigamī)

   Coordinate term: 一雄多雌 (ichiyū tashi)

Korean

Hanja in this term
一	夫	多	妻

Noun

一夫多妻 • (ilbudacheo) (hangeul 일부다처)

1. Hanja form^? of 일부다처.