嫂 sǎo
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 女 — woman, girl
- Made of
- 女 woman, girl 叟 old man
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
嫂子
sǎozi
elder brother's wife; sister-in-law
Characters in this word
子 zi
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 嫂子虽然很少发表意见，但每次家庭会议都能指出问题的关键。 Sǎozi suīrán hěn shǎo fābiǎo yìjiàn, dàn měi cì jiātíng huìyì dōu néng zhǐchū wèntí de guānjiàn. Although my sister-in-law rarely voices her opinions, she can identify the key issue at every family meeting.
- 我哥出差的时候，家里的事都由嫂子安排。 Wǒ gē chūchāi de shíhou, jiālǐ de shì dōu yóu sǎozi ānpái. When my older brother is away on business trips, my sister-in-law manages everything at home.
- 过年那天，嫂子做了一大桌好吃的菜。 Guònián nà tiān, sǎozi zuòle yī dà zhuō hǎochī de cài. On New Year's Day, my sister-in-law cooked a whole big table of delicious dishes.