thê tử

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 妻子, composed of 妻 (“wife”) and 子 (“person; offspring”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰe˧˧ tɨ˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰej˧˧ tɨ˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰej˧˧ tɨ˨˩˦]

Noun

thê tử

  1. (fiction) a wife
    Đến cuối cùng, giây phút trước khi nhắm mắt xuôi tay, Wang Eun vẫn cố gắng vươn tay về phía thê tử.
    In the end, moments before death, Wang Eun still tried to reach a hand out toward his wife.
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