媳婦

See also: 媳妇

Chinese

	daughter in law	woman
trad. (媳婦)	媳	婦
simp. (媳妇)	媳	妇
alt. forms	息婦／息妇

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xífù, xífer

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˊ ㄈㄨˋ, ㄒㄧˊ ˙ㄈㄜㄦ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ fu⁵
Min Nan (POJ): sek-hū / siak-hǔ / sit-hū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xífù → xífu (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ ㄈㄨˋ → ㄒㄧˊ ˙ㄈㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyi.fuh
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi³⁵ fu⁵¹/ → /ɕi³⁵ fu³/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (媳婦兒／媳妇儿)⁺
  - Pinyin: xífùr → xífur (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ ㄈㄨˋㄦ → ㄒㄧˊ ˙ㄈㄨㄦ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyi.full
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi³⁵ fuɻ⁵¹/ → /ɕi³⁵ fuɻ³/
- (Standard Chinese, colloquial, erhua-ed)
  - Pinyin: xífer
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ ˙ㄈㄜㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyi.fel
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi³⁵ fɤɻ³/
  - Homophones:
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    媳婦／媳妇
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sik¹ fu⁵
  - Yale: sīk fúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ fu⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ fu⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ fuː¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-hū
  - Tâi-lô: sik-hū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sekhu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ hu²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ hu³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siak-hǔ
  - Tâi-lô: siak-hǔ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ hu²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit-hū
  - Tâi-lô: sit-hū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sithu
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕit̚³²⁻⁵ hu²²/

Noun

媳婦

daughter-in-law
(Mandarin, dialectal Gan) wife; partner
(dialectal Mandarin, Jin) any married woman

Usage notes

To avoid ambiguity, the daughter-in-law sense is often replaced by 兒媳婦／儿媳妇 (érxífù) in conversations where such distinction needs to be made.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 媳婦 (“daughter-in-law”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		媳婦、新婦
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		媳婦、兒媳
Mandarin	Beijing	媳婦兒、兒媳婦兒、媳婦
	Taiwan	媳婦、兒媳婦
	Harbin	媳婦兒、兒媳婦兒
	Shenyang	媳婦、兒媳婦
	Jinan	媳婦、兒媳婦
	Muping	媳婦子
	Luoyang	兒媳婦兒
	Jiedian	娃媳婦、兒媳婦
	Xi'an	媳婦子、媳婦兒、兒媳婦兒
	Xining	兒媳婦
	Xuzhou	兒媳婦兒
	Yinchuan	媳婦、兒媳婦
	Ürümqi	媳婦兒、兒媳婦兒
	Wuhan	媳婦、媳婦伢
	Chengdu	媳婦兒
	Guiyang	媳婦
	Liuzhou	媳婦
	Kunming	媳婦
	Yangzhou	媳婦
	Nanjing	兒媳婦
	Hefei	媳婦
	Nantong	新婦
Cantonese	Guangzhou	新婦
	Hong Kong	新婦
	Dongguan	新婦
	Taishan	新婦
	Yangjiang	新婦
Gan	Nanchang	新婦、媳婦
	Lichuan	新婦
	Pingxiang	新婦
Hakka	Meixian	心臼
	Xingning	心臼
	Huidong	心臼
	Qujiang	新婦
	Xiaosanjiang	心臼
	Changting	新婦
	Pingyu	心臼
	Wuping	生娓
	Liancheng	新婦
	Ninghua	新婦
	Yudu	新婦
	Ruijin	新婦
	Shicheng	新婦
	Shangyou	新婦
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	心臼
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	心臼
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	心臼
	Dongshi (Dabu)	心臼
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	新婦
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	新婦
Huizhou	Jixi	新婦
Jin	Taiyuan	媳婦子、兒媳婦
Jin	Xinzhou	媳婦兒
Min Bei	Jian'ou	新婦
Min Dong	Fuzhou	新婦
Min Nan	Xiamen	新婦、囝新婦
	Quanzhou	新婦、囝新婦
	Zhangzhou	新婦、囝新婦
	Taipei	新婦
	Kaohsiung	新婦
	Tainan	新婦
	Taichung	新婦
	Hsinchu	新婦
	Lukang	新婦
	Sanxia	新婦
	Yilan	新婦
	Kinmen	新婦
	Magong	新婦
	Penang	新婦
	Philippines (Manila)	新婦
	Chaozhou	新婦
	Haikou	新婦
	Leizhou	新婦
Pinghua	Nanning	新婦
Wu	Shanghai	新婦
	Suzhou	新婦
	Hangzhou	新婦
	Wenzhou	新婦
	Chongming	新婦
	Danyang	新婦
	Jinhua	新婦
	Ningbo	新婦
Xiang	Changsha	媳婦
	Shuangfeng	媳婦
	Loudi	媳婦

Dialectal synonyms of 妻子 (“wife”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		妻、妻兒、內人、夫人、娘子
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		妻子、夫人、太太、愛人 Mainland China, old-styled、妻室、妻房
Mandarin	Beijing	女人、媳婦兒
	Taiwan	太太、老婆、牽手
	Jinan	老婆、媳婦、女的、家裡
	Xi'an	女人、媳婦兒、老婆、屋裡人
	Wuhan	女的、女將、屋裡、堂客
	Chengdu	女的、女人、婆娘
	Yangzhou	老婆、媽媽、堂客
	Hefei	老婆、奶奶們
Cantonese	Guangzhou	老婆、女人
	Hong Kong	老婆、女人
	Taishan	老婆
	Yangjiang	老婆、家下
Gan	Nanchang	老婆、女客
Hakka	Meixian	老婆
	Xingning	老婆
	Huidong	老婆
	Qujiang	老婆
	Xiaosanjiang	婆娜
	Changting	老婆
	Pingyu	老婆、餔娘
	Wuping	老婆
	Liancheng	婦娘
	Ninghua	老婆
	Ruijin	老婆、婦娘
	Shicheng	老婆
	Shangyou	老婆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	餔娘、老姐
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	姐仔
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	餔娘、老姐
	Dongshi (Dabu)	餔娘、老姐
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	餔娘、老姐
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	夫娘
Jin	Taiyuan	家裡的、女人、老婆
Min Bei	Jian'ou	老媽
Min Dong	Fuzhou	老媽、諸娘人、厝裡
Min Nan	Xiamen	某、牽手、牽手的、查某人、厝內、厝內人、家內、家內人、家後、內人、內助、婦人人、柴耙、老柴杮、老柴㷮
	Quanzhou	某、牽手、牽手的、查某人、厝內、家內、家內人、家後、內人、內助、婦人人
	Zhangzhou	某、牽手、牽手的、查某人、厝內、厝內人、家內、家內人、家後、內人、內助、婦人人
	Taipei	太太、某、牽手
	Kaohsiung	太太、某、查某人、柴耙、牽手、牽的、煮飯的
	Tainan	太太、某、查某人、柴耙、牽手、牽的、煮飯的
	Taichung	某、家後、牽手
	Hsinchu	某、家後、查某人、煮飯的、柴耙
	Lukang	某、查某人、柴耙、牽手、煮飯的
	Sanxia	太太、阮厝的查某人、阿貼的、後柴耙、某
	Yilan	太太、某、查某人、家後、柴耙、牽手、牽的、煮飯的
	Kinmen	某、家內、太的
	Magong	某、牽手、查某人、姿娘、夫人、家內、柴耙
	Penang	某、查某人、家後
	Singapore	某、厝內、厝內人
	Chaozhou	某
Wu	Shanghai	老婆、太太、妻子、夫人、內人、女人、家主婆、屋裡個、屋裡
	Suzhou	女人、家小、家主婆、屋裡
	Wenzhou	老安、老人客、屋裡
Xiang	Changsha	堂客
Xiang	Shuangfeng	堂客、老婆

Derived terms

兒媳婦／儿媳妇 (érxífù)
剛過門的小媳婦／刚过门的小媳妇
多年媳婦熬成婆／多年媳妇熬成婆
大媳婦／大媳妇
娶媳婦／娶媳妇
婆婆口絮，媳婦耳頑／婆婆口絮，媳妇耳顽
媳婦熬成婆／媳妇熬成婆 (xífù áo chéng pó)
孫媳婦／孙媳妇
小媳婦／小媳妇

巧媳婦煮不得沒米粥／巧媳妇煮不得没米粥
弟媳婦／弟媳妇
新來媳婦三日勤／新来媳妇三日勤
毛腳媳婦／毛脚媳妇
準媳婦／准媳妇
老媳婦／老媳妇
醜媳婦總得要見公婆／丑媳妇总得要见公婆
養媳婦／养媳妇

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