媳 (xí): daughter-in-law
媳 (xí) is a Chinese character meaning “daughter-in-law.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 女 (semantic) and 息 (phonetic). It ranks #2319 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 媳 woman. Its radical form 女 (woman) appears in many related characters such as 女 (nǚ, woman), 奶 (nǎi, grandmother, milk), 她 (tā, she).
Definitions
- daughter-in-law
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 媳
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 儿媳妇 | ér xí fù | daughter-in-law |
| 儿媳 | ér xí | daughter-in-law |
| 弟媳 | dì xí | younger brother's wife |
| 小媳妇 | xiǎo xí fu | young married woman |
| 童养媳 | tóng yǎng xí | child bride |
| 婆媳 | pó xí | mother-in-law and daughter-in-law |
| 丑媳妇早晚也得见公婆 | chǒu xí fù zǎo wǎn yě děi jiàn gōng pó | lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom) |
| 儿媳妇儿 | ér xí fù r | erhua form of 兒媳婦|儿媳妇[er2 xi2 fu4] |
| 多年媳妇熬成婆 | duō nián xí fù áo chéng pó | see 媳婦熬成婆|媳妇熬成婆[xi2 fu4 ao4 cheng2 po2] |
| 表弟媳 | biǎo dì xí | wife of younger male cousin via female line |
| 媳妇儿 | xí fù r | erhua form of 媳婦|媳妇[xi2 fu4] |
| 童养媳妇 | tóng yǎng xí fù | child bride |
| 堂弟媳 | táng dì xí | wife of younger male cousin via male line |
| 媳妇熬成婆 | xí fù áo chéng pó | lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom) |
| 孙媳妇 | sūn xí fù | son's son's wife |
媳 appears in 19 compound words: 16 as the first character, 32 as the last, and 53 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 媳 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
她是一位坚强的媳性，独自抚养两个孩子。
tā shì yī wèi jiān qiáng de xí xìng , dú zì fǔ yǎng liǎng gě hái zǐ .
She is a resilient woman who has raised two children on her own.
富商一原因找:可让媳妇回娘家扫墓的女婿
fù shāng yī yuán yīn zhǎo : kě ràng xí fù huí niáng jiā sǎo mù de nǚ xù
徐乃麟带家人新加坡出游 乃嫂与洋媳同框美貌吸睛
xú nǎi lín dài jiā rén xīn jiā pō chū yóu nǎi sǎo yǔ yáng xí tóng kuàng měi mào xī jīng
Hsu Nai-lin Takes His Family on a Trip to Singapore; His Sister-in-Law and Foreign Daughter-in-Law Steal the Show with Their Beauty
韩国媳妇天心带路!最佳CP合体巧遇大雪 温升豪...
hán guó xí fù tiān xīn dài lù ! zuì jiā C P gě tǐ qiǎo yù dà xuě wēn shēng háo . . .
South Korean daughter-in-law Tian Xin leads the way! The best on-screen couple reunites amid a snowstorm—Wen Shenghao...
向华强宣布遗产交儿媳管理 两子按月领生活费
xiàng huá qiáng xuān bù yí chǎn jiāo ér xí guǎn lǐ liǎng zǐ àn yuè lǐng shēng huó fèi
Xiang Huaqiang announced that the inheritance was handed over to the daughter-in-law for management, and the two sons received monthly living expenses
台中色阿公手伸进7岁孙女内裤 媳妇惊睹直言“恶心”下场判3年半
tái zhōng sè ā gōng shǒu shēn jìn 7 suì sūn nǚ nèi kù xí fù jīng dǔ zhí yán è xīn xià chǎng pàn 3 nián bàn
Taichung's lustful grandfather reached into his 7-year-old granddaughter's underwear, and his daughter-in-law was shocked to see that he was "disgusting" and was sentenced to 3 and a half years
你媳妇怎么样，汤姆？
Nǐ xífù zěnmeyàng, Tāngmǔ?
How's your wife, Tom?
婆婆和媳妇就像是暴风雨和冰雹。
Pópo hé xífù jiù xiàng shì bàofēngyǔ hé bīngbáo.
Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are a tempest and hailstorm.
Character Family
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