一夫多妻制

Chinese

		polygyny	system; to make; to manufacture system; to make; to manufacture; to control; to regulate
trad. (一夫多妻制)		一夫多妻	制
simp. ^#(一夫多妻制)		一夫多妻	制

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīfūduōqīzhì

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄈㄨㄉㄨㄛㄑㄧㄓˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ fu¹ do¹ cai¹ zai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīfūduōqīzhì [Phonetic: yìfūduōqīzhì]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄈㄨㄉㄨㄛㄑㄧㄓˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yifuduocijhìh
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-fu¹-to¹-chʻi¹-chih⁴
  - Yale: yī-fū-dwō-chī-jr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ifuduochijyh
  - Palladius: ифудоцичжи (ifudocičži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ fu⁵⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ fu¹ do¹ cai¹ zai³
  - Yale: yāt fū dō chāi jai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ fu¹ do¹ tsai¹ dzai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ fu¹ do¹ cei¹ zei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ fuː⁵⁵ tɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³³/

Noun

一夫多妻制

polygyny (practice where a man is married to several women)

Antonyms

一夫一妻制 (yīfūyīqīzhì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	夫	多	妻	制
いち > いっ Grade: 1	ふ > ぷ Grade: 4	た Grade: 2	さい Grade: 5	せい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

Literally "one husband multiple wives system".

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ip̚pɯ̟ta̠sa̠ise̞ː]

Noun

一(いっ)夫(ぷ)多(た)妻(さい)制(せい) • (ipputasai-sei)

polygyny

Synonyms

一夫多妻(いっぷたさい) (ipputasai)

See also

複婚(ふくこん) (fukukon, “polygamy”)