qī zi
ภรรยา
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我的妻子很漂亮。
Wǒ de qīzi hěn piàoliang.
My wife is very beautiful.
我妻子是一位老师。
Wǒ de qīzi shì yī wèi lǎoshī.
My wife is a teacher.
我妻子很爱我。
Wǒ de qīzi hěn ài wǒ.
My wife loves me very much.
老婆 (lǎopo)
wife
太太 (tàitai)
wife
丈夫 (zhàng fu)
husband
男人 (nán rén)
man
The Chinese word 妻子 (qīzi) for "wife" is composed of two characters: 妻 (qī) and 子 (zi). The character 妻 originally meant "a woman who is married" and was often used in contrast to the character 妾 (qiè), which meant "a concubine". The character 子 originally meant "a child" and was often used in contrast to the character 女 (nǚ), which meant "a woman". Over time, the character 妻 came to be used more broadly to refer to any woman who is married, regardless of her social status, while the character 子 came to be used more broadly to refer to any child, regardless of their gender. The combination of the two characters 妻 and 子 thus came to mean "wife".
