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媳 (xí) is a phono-semantic compound formed from the semantic radical 女 (nǚ), meaning woman, and the phonetic component 息 (xī). It primarily denotes a daughter-in-law, specifically the wife of one's son within a patrilineal kinship system. In some historical periods and regional dialects, its meaning also broadened colloquially to refer to a wife or a young married woman, reflecting the social and marital roles of women in the traditional family structure.
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我的媳妇很好。
她是个好媳妇。
媳妇照顾全家。
我的媳妇来自北京。
婆婆和媳妇关系很好。
她媳妇在银行工作。
这位媳妇非常孝顺公婆。
媳妇的辛勤付出让家庭和睦。