媳妇儿
xí fu r5
Pinyin

Definition

媳妇儿
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xí fu r5
  1. wife
  2. young married woman

Character Decomposition

Related Words (12)

媳妇
xí fù
  1. 1 daughter-in-law
  2. 2 wife (of a younger man)
  3. 3 young married woman
  4. 4 young woman
儿媳
ér xí
  1. 1 daughter-in-law
儿媳妇
ér xí fu
  1. 1 daughter-in-law
娶媳妇
qǔ xí fù
  1. 1 to get oneself a wife
  2. 2 to take a daughter-in-law
婆媳
pó xí
  1. 1 mother-in-law and daughter-in-law
媳妇儿
xí fu r5
  1. 1 wife
  2. 2 young married woman
小媳妇
xiǎo xí fu
  1. 1 young married woman
  2. 2 mistress
  3. 3 (fig.) punching bag
  4. 4 (old) child bride
侄媳妇
zhí xí fu
  1. 1 brother's son's wife
  2. 2 nephew's wife
媳
xí
  1. 1 daughter-in-law
孙媳妇
sūn xí fu
  1. 1 son's son's wife
  2. 2 grandson's wife
弟媳
dì xí
  1. 1 younger brother's wife
  2. 2 sister-in-law
童养媳
tóng yǎng xí
  1. 1 child bride
  2. 2 girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law

Idioms (2)

媳妇熬成婆
xí fù áo chéng pó
  1. 1 lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor
  3. 3 what goes around comes around
丑媳妇早晚也得见公婆
chǒu xí fù zǎo wǎn yě děi jiàn gōng pó
  1. 1 lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. it's not something you can avoid forever

Sample Sentences

媳妇儿啊，看看我们的小宝贝儿，这脸蛋儿多可爱！但他自个儿在这儿玩儿，好像有点儿孤单。我们再生个孩子，给他做个伴儿吧！
xífur a ，kànkan wǒmen de xiǎo bǎobèir5 ，zhè liǎndànr5 duō kěài ！dàn tā zìgěr5 zài zhèr5 wánr5 ，hǎoxiàng yǒudiǎnr5 gūdān 。wǒmen zài shēng ge háizi ，gěi tā zuò ge bàner ba ！
My dear, look at our little baby, what a cute face! But he’s playing here by himself, and he seems a little lonely. Let’s have another baby to keep him company!
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明儿你就给我出门儿去找工作，别成天赖在家里。没个正经工作，我看你上哪儿找媳妇儿！
míngr5 nǐ jiù gěi wǒ chūméner qù zhǎo gōngzuò ，bié chéngtiān lài zài jiālǐ 。méi ge zhèngjīng gōngzuò ，wǒ kàn nǐ shàng nǎr5 zhǎo xífur ！
Tomorrow You’re gonna go out and get a job. Don’t stay home all day. If you don’t have a serious job, I’ll see where you can find a wife!
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咳，瞧您说的，我媳妇儿是中国人啊，我爱她，所做的一切当然是乐在其中咯！
hài ，qiáo nín shuō de ，wǒ xífùr shì Zhōngguórén ā ，wǒ ài tā ，suǒ zuò de yīqiè dāngrán shì lè zài qízhōng lo ！
Huh, it's like you said, my wife is Chinese, I love her, so I'm happy to do all of it!
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嘿，哥们儿，打算和媳妇儿拼二胎吗？
hēi ，gēmenr ，dǎsuàn hé xífùr pīn èrtāi ma ？
Hey, buddy, are you going to try for a second child with your wife?
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媳妇儿却不乐意咯，大家都是职场人，都不愿意浪费职场生命啊，生一个完成任务交差就得了。
xífùr quèbù lèyì lo ，dàjiā dōu shì zhíchǎng rén ，dōu bù yuànyì làngfèi zhíchǎng shēngmìng ā ，shēng yī gè wánchéng rènwù jiāochāi jiù dé le 。
My wife is unwilling however, everyone has their own career, so she's not willing to waste the best years of her career, she prefers to give birth to a report on a completed assignment.
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哈哈，我也一样。我妈昨天还打电话说呢，说今年过年不带个媳妇儿回去，就别回去了。
hāhā ，wǒ yě yīyàng 。wǒ mā zuótiān hái dǎ diànhuà shuō ne ，shuō jīnnián guònián bù dài gè xífùr huíqu ，jiù bié huíqu le 。
Haha, it's the same for me. Yesterday my mom called me and said that if I don't bring home a daughter-in-law, then I shouldn't come home.
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我看啊，到时候你肯定会找个二手媳妇儿。反正啊，你就是二。
wǒ kàn a ，dào shíhou nǐ kěndìng huì zhǎo ge èrshǒu xífur 。fǎnzhèng a ，nǐ jiù shì èr 。
I think when you do, you'll definitely look for a second-hand wife. Either way, you're just dumb.
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咳，我真不知道该怎么说你。你有这个实力买新车，干吗非要去买二手车？多没面子。你这么抠门儿，怪不得娶不到媳妇儿。
hài ，wǒ zhēn bù zhīdào gāi zěnme shuō nǐ 。nǐ yǒu zhè ge shílì mǎi xīn chē ，gànmá fēiyào qù mǎi èrshǒu chē ？duō méi miànzi 。nǐ zhème kōuménr ，guàibude qǔbudǎo xífur 。
Agh, I really don't know how to get through to you. You have the means to buy a car, yet you absolutely have to buy a used one? You have no shame. You're so stingy, no wonder you can't find a wife.
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据说李白娶媳妇儿也挺牛的，结了四次婚，有两次都是和前宰相的孙女。还是入赘的。
jùshuō Lǐ Bái qǔ xífùr yě tǐng niú de ，jié le sì cì hūn ，yǒu liǎng cì dōu shì hé qián zǎixiàng de sūnnǚ 。háishì ruìzhuì de 。
It's said that in marriage Li Bai was very aggressive. He got married four times. Two times were to the granddaughters of former prime ministers. He even took their surnames.
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网上流传说“有媳妇儿的去巴厘岛，没媳妇儿的去普吉岛”。
wǎngshàng liúchuán shuō “yǒu xífùr de qù Bālí dǎo ，méi xífùr de qù Pǔjí dǎo ”。
There's a popular expression on the internet that says, 'If you have a wife, go to Bali. If not, go to Phuket'.
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