tóng yǎng xí

Traditional: 童養媳

童养媳 (tóng yǎng xí) is a Chinese word meaning “child bride; girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law”.

Meanings

  1. 1child bride
  2. 2girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law

Characters in 童养媳

童tóng · child养yǎng · to raise (animals)媳xí · daughter-in-law

Related words

养to raise (animals)儿童child收养to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc)抚养to foster童child童surname Tong童年childhood领养to adopt (a child, pet etc)童子军child soldiers童子军Scout (youth organization)培养to cultivate童话children's fairy tales

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