女婿
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Chinese[edit]
female; woman; daughter | husband; son-in-law | ||
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trad. (女婿) | 女 | 婿 | |
simp. #(女婿) | 女 | 婿 | |
alternative forms | 女壻 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
女婿
- son-in-law (used by the wife's family)
- (regional, colloquial) husband
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of 女婿 (“son-in-law”) [map]
Coordinate terms[edit]
- 兒媳婦/儿媳妇 (érxífù, “daughter-in-law”)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Japanese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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女 | 婿 |
じょ Grade: 1 |
せい Grade: S |
kan’on |
Alternative spelling |
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女壻 |
/dʲo sei/ → /d͡ʑosei/ → /d͡ʑoseː/
First attested in the mid-Meiji period.[1]
Ultimately from Middle Chinese 女婿 (MC nrjoX sejH), utilizing the 漢音 (kan'on, literally “Han sound”) reading for both kanji.
Noun[edit]
- a son-in-law (husband of one's daughter)
- Synonym: 娘婿 (musumemuko)
Etymology 2[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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女 | 婿 |
にょ Grade: 1 |
せい Grade: S |
goon | kan’on |
Alternative spelling |
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女壻 |
Ultimately from Middle Chinese 女婿 (MC nrjoX sejH), utilizing the uncommon 呉音 (goon, literally “Wu sound”) reading nyo for 女, and the 漢音 (kan'on, literally “Han sound”) reading sei for 婿.
Noun[edit]
- (rare) a son-in-law (husband of one's daughter)
References[edit]
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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