女婿
Chinese
| female; woman; daughter | husband; son-in-law | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (女婿) | 女 | 婿 | |
| simp. #(女婿) | 女 | 婿 | |
| alternative forms | 女壻 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): nyy3 xy
- Jin (Wiktionary): ny2 xy3
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lú-sài / lí-sài / lír-sài
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6gniu-shi; 6gniu-shiu
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: nǚxu
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ˙ㄒㄩ
- Tongyong Pinyin: nyǔsyů
- Wade–Giles: nü3-hsü5
- Yale: nyǔ-syu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neu.shiu
- Palladius: нюйсюй (njujsjuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ny²¹⁴ ɕy⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: nǚxù
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄒㄩˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: nyǔsyù
- Wade–Giles: nü3-hsü4
- Yale: nyǔ-syù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neushiuh
- Palladius: нюйсюй (njujsjuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy⁵¹/
- (Dungan)
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: neoi5 sai3
- Yale: néuih sai
- Cantonese Pinyin: noey5 sai3
- Guangdong Romanization: nêu5 sei3
- Sinological IPA (key): /nɵy̯¹³ sɐi̯³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: nui2 lhai4
- Sinological IPA (key): /ⁿdui⁵⁵ ɬai²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- Jin
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú-sài
- Tâi-lô: lú-sài
- Phofsit Daibuun: lwsaix
- IPA (Xiamen): /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sai²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sai¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-sài
- Tâi-lô: lí-sài
- Phofsit Daibuun: lysaix
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sai²¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sai²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lír-sài
- Tâi-lô: lír-sài
- IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sai⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: nrjoX sejH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*nraʔ [s]ˤ[i][j]-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*naʔ sŋeːs/
Noun
女婿
- son-in-law (daughter's husband)
- (regional, colloquial) husband
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 女婿 (“son-in-law”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 丈夫 (“husband”) [map]
Coordinate terms
- 兒媳婦/儿媳妇 (érxífù, “daughter-in-law”)
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 女 | 婿 |
| じょ Grade: 1 |
せい Grade: S |
| kan'on | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 女壻 |
/dʲo sei/ → /d͡ʑosei/ → /d͡ʑoseː/
First attested in the mid-Meiji period.[1]
Ultimately from Middle Chinese 女婿 (MC nrjoX sejH).
Noun
- a son-in-law (husband of one's daughter)
- Synonym: 娘婿 (musumemuko)
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 女 | 婿 |
| にょ Grade: 1 |
せい Grade: S |
| goon | kan'on |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 女壻 |
Ultimately from Middle Chinese 女婿 (MC nrjoX sejH).
Noun
女婿 • (nyosei)
- (rare) a son-in-law (husband of one's daughter)
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN