thê tử

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 妻子, composed of 妻 (“wife”) and 子 (“person; offspring”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰe˧˧ tɨ˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰej˧˧ tɨ˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰej˧˧ tɨ˨˩˦]

Noun

thê tử

1. (fiction) a wife

   Đến cuối cùng, giây phút trước khi nhắm mắt xuôi tay, Wang Eun vẫn cố gắng vươn tay về phía thê tử.

   In the end, moments before death, Wang Eun still tried to reach a hand out toward his wife.