女 nǚ
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 女 — woman, girl
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
女婿
nǚxu
son-in-law
Characters in this word
婿 xù
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 女 — woman, girl
- Made of
- 女 woman, girl 胥 all, together, mutually
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 老人并不在乎女婿的收入，更看重他是否尊重家庭成员。 Lǎorén bìng bù zàihu nǚxu de shōurù, gèng kànzhòng tā shìfǒu zūnzhòng jiātíng chéngyuán. The old man does not care about his son-in-law's income; he cares more about whether he respects the family.
- 岳母对女婿非常满意，常常给他做好吃的。 Yuèmǔ duì nǚxu fēicháng mǎnyì, chángcháng gěi tā zuò hǎochī de. The mother-in-law is very pleased with her son-in-law and often cooks tasty food for him.
- 他是我们家的女婿，每个周末都来帮忙。 Tā shì wǒmen jiā de nǚxu, měi ge zhōumò dōu lái bāngmáng. He is our family's son-in-law and comes to help every weekend.