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˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tʰej˧˧ tɨ˨˩˦]
Noun
thê tử
- (archaic) 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.
- (archaic, rare) wife and children