儿媳 (ér xí) — daughter-in-law | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

daughter-in-law

Measure word · 个

儿媳。
Wǒ de ér xí duì wǒ hěn hǎo.
My daughter-in-law is very good to me.
儿媳。
ér xí Hé ér zi yì qǐ zhù.
The daughter-in-law lives with the son.
，儿媳。
Tā men jié hūn hòu, ér xí jiù bān lái hé wǒ men yì qǐ zhù le.
After they got married, the daughter-in-law moved in with us.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

媳xíwife

儿 'son' and 媳 'wife' together mean a son's wife.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape 儿 is a simple drawing of a standing person, used as an alternate form of the character for person.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

女息媳

Meaning part形符xíngfú

女女nǚwoman

Sound part声符shēngfú

息

Same sound today

In 媳, the left part 女 shows a woman, and the right part 息 gives the character its sound.

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