媳 xí
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 女 — woman, girl
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
媳妇
xífu
daughter-in-law
Characters in this word
妇 fù
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 女 — woman, girl
- Made of
- 女 woman, girl 彐 snout
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 她的媳妇在医院工作，平时很少有完整的周末。 Tā de xífu zài yīyuàn gōngzuò, píngshí hěn shǎo yǒu wánzhěng de zhōumò. Her daughter-in-law works at a hospital and rarely has a full weekend off.
- 他刚娶了媳妇，全家人都很高兴。 Tā gāng qǔ le xífu, quánjiā rén dōu hěn gāoxìng. He has just got married, and the whole family is very happy.
- 婆婆和媳妇一起在厨房包饺子。 Pópo hé xífu yìqǐ zài chúfáng bāo jiǎozi. The mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law are making dumplings together in the kitchen.