妻孥

Chinese

		wife; to marry off (a daughter)	child; offspring
trad. (妻孥)		妻	孥
simp. ^#(妻孥)		妻	孥
alternative forms		妻帑

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīnú

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄋㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cai¹ nou⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qīnú
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄋㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cinú
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi¹-nu²
  - Yale: chī-nú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chinu
  - Palladius: цину (cinu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ nu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cai¹ nou⁴
  - Yale: chāi nòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsai¹ nou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cei¹ nou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐi̯⁵⁵ nou̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: tshej nu

Rime
Character	妻	孥
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	七稽切	乃都切
Baxter	tshej	nu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰei/	/nuo/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰei/	/nuo/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɛi/	/no/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɛj/	/nɔ/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰei/	/no/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰiei/	/nu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰiei/	/nuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qī	nú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cai¹	nou⁴

Noun

妻孥

(literary) wife and children

Synonyms

妻兒 / 妻儿 (qī'ér)
妻子 (Classical Chinese)
妻小 (qīxiǎo) (dated)
家小 (jiāxiǎo) (colloquial)
家眷 (jiājuàn)
某囝 (Hokkien)
老媽囝 / 老妈囝 (sē-mǎ-gṳǐng) (Northern Min)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (妻孥):

→ Japanese: 妻(さい)孥(ど) (saido)
→ Korean: 처노(妻孥) (cheono)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
妻	孥
さい Grade: 5	ど Hyōgai
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
妻帑

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 妻孥 (MC tshej nu).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sa̠ido̞]

Noun

妻(さい)孥(ど) • (saido) ^{←さいど (saido)^?}

(literary) wife and children

Synonyms

妻子(さいし) (saishi), 妻子(つまこ) (tsumako), 妻子(めこ) (meko)