"正室" meaning in Chinese

See 正室 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Mainland-China, standard, Taiwan, Sinological-IPA], /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Mainland-China, variant, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sɪŋ³³ sɐt̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ siɪk̚³²/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Kaohsiung], /t͡siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ siɪk̚³²/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Taipei], /t͡siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ sit̚³²/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Taiwan, variant, IPA, Taipei], /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ sit̚³²/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Taiwan, variant, IPA, Kaohsiung]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 正室
  1. (historical) legal wife Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-正室-zh-noun-ayQlCTls Synonyms (legal wife): 正房 [formal, Written-vernacular-Chinese], 正妻 [formal, Written-vernacular-Chinese], 嫡妻 [formal, Written-vernacular-Chinese], 正配 [formal, Written-vernacular-Chinese], 元配 [formal, Written-vernacular-Chinese], 髮妻 [formal, Written-vernacular-Chinese], 大婆兒 [Northeastern-Mandarin, Beijing], 大娘們兒 [Northeastern-Mandarin, Beijing], 大老婆 [Northeastern-Mandarin, Taiwan], 大老婆 [Northeastern-Mandarin, Singapore], 大婆子 [Jiaoliao-Mandarin, Yantai, Muping], 大婆兒 [Central-Plains-Mandarin, Luoyang], 大老婆 [Central-Plains-Mandarin, Luoyang], 大老婆 [Central-Plains-Mandarin, Xi'an], 大婆兒 [Central-Plains-Mandarin, Xuzhou], 大婆子 [Central-Plains-Mandarin, Xuzhou], 大老婆 [Central-Plains-Mandarin, Xuzhou], 大老婆 [Lanyin-Mandarin, Lanzhou], 大老婆 [Southwestern-Mandarin, Chengdu], 大婆子 [Southwestern-Mandarin, Chengdu], 大婆 [Southwestern-Mandarin, Liuzhou], 大老婆 [Jianghuai-Mandarin, Nanjing], 大婆 [Cantonese, Guangzhou], 大婆 [Cantonese], 大婆 [Cantonese, Dongguan], 大老婆 [Gan, Nanchang], 大婆 [Hakka, Meixian], 大老嫗 [Huizhou, Jixi], 大婆子 [Jin, Xinzhou], 大婆 [Min-Dong, Fuzhou], 大某 [Min-Nan, Xiamen], 大某 [Min-Nan, Quanzhou], 大某 [Min-Nan, Jinjiang], 大某 [Min-Nan], 大某 [Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], 大姐 [Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], 大某 [Min-Nan, Singapore, Hokkien], 大某 [Min-Nan, Manila, Hokkien], 大娘 [Min-Nan, Leizhou], 大房, 正房, 大房, 正房, 大婆 [Southern-Pinghua, Nanning, Tingzi], 大老官 [Wu, Shanghai, Chongming], 大老媽 [Wu, Suzhou], 大老婆 [Wu, Hangzhou], 正娘 [Wu, Wenzhou] Disambiguation of 'legal wife': 70 27 4
  2. (historical) eldest son born by one's legal wife Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-正室-zh-noun-O4dzM6cI
  3. (humorous) lawfully wedded wife (as opposed to a mistress) Tags: humorous
    Sense id: en-正室-zh-noun-5B94IAE0 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 5 10 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 5 5 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 5 90
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            "Nanning",
            "Tingzi"
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          "tags": [
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            "Shanghai",
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      ],
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        [
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          "son",
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      ],
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      ],
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        ],
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          "lawfully",
          "lawfully"
        ],
        [
          "wedded",
          "wedded"
        ],
        [
          "wife",
          "wife"
        ],
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          "mistress",
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        ]
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhèngshì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhèngshǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄥˋ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄥˋ ㄕˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zing³ sat¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chèng-sek"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chèng-sit"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhèngshì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄥˋ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jhèngshìh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chêng⁴-shih⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jèng-shr̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jenqshyh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čžɛnši",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чжэнши"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "政事",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "正事",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "正室",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "正式",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "正是",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "正視",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "正视",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "variant",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhèngshǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "variant",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄥˋ ㄕˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "variant",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jhèngshǐh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "variant",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chêng⁴-shih³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "variant",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jèng-shř"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "variant",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jenqshyy"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čžɛnši",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "variant",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чжэнши"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "variant",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "正史",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "variant"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "正室",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "variant"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "正矢",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "variant"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zing³ sat¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jing sāt"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzing³ sat⁷"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jing³ sed¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɪŋ³³ sɐt̚⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chèng-sek"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsìng-sik"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zeangseg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ siɪk̚³²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ siɪk̚³²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chèng-sit"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsìng-sit"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zeangsid"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ sit̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ sit̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "正室"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 室",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 正",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "正室",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "legal wife"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "legal",
          "legal"
        ],
        [
          "wife",
          "wife"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) legal wife"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "eldest son born by one's legal wife"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eldest",
          "eldest"
        ],
        [
          "son",
          "son"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) eldest son born by one's legal wife"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese humorous terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lawfully wedded wife (as opposed to a mistress)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "lawfully",
          "lawfully"
        ],
        [
          "wedded",
          "wedded"
        ],
        [
          "wife",
          "wife"
        ],
        [
          "mistress",
          "mistress"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(humorous) lawfully wedded wife (as opposed to a mistress)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhèngshì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhèngshǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄥˋ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄥˋ ㄕˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zing³ sat¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chèng-sek"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chèng-sit"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhèngshì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄥˋ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jhèngshìh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chêng⁴-shih⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jèng-shr̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jenqshyh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čžɛnši",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чжэнши"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "政事",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "正事",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "正室",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "正式",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "正是",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "正視",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "正视",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "variant",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhèngshǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "variant",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄥˋ ㄕˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "variant",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jhèngshǐh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "variant",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chêng⁴-shih³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "variant",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jèng-shř"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "variant",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jenqshyy"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čžɛnši",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "variant",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чжэнши"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "variant",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "正史",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "variant"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "正室",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "variant"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "正矢",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "variant"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zing³ sat¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jing sāt"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzing³ sat⁷"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jing³ sed¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɪŋ³³ sɐt̚⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chèng-sek"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsìng-sik"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zeangseg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ siɪk̚³²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ siɪk̚³²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chèng-sit"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsìng-sit"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zeangsid"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ sit̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ sit̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "正房"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "正妻"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "嫡妻"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "正配"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "元配"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "髮妻"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern-Mandarin",
        "Beijing"
      ],
      "word": "大婆兒"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern-Mandarin",
        "Beijing"
      ],
      "word": "大娘們兒"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern-Mandarin",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "大老婆"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern-Mandarin",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "大老婆"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "Jiaoliao-Mandarin",
        "Yantai",
        "Muping"
      ],
      "word": "大婆子"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "Central-Plains-Mandarin",
        "Luoyang"
      ],
      "word": "大婆兒"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "Central-Plains-Mandarin",
        "Luoyang"
      ],
      "word": "大老婆"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "Central-Plains-Mandarin",
        "Xi'an"
      ],
      "word": "大老婆"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "Central-Plains-Mandarin",
        "Xuzhou"
      ],
      "word": "大婆兒"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "Central-Plains-Mandarin",
        "Xuzhou"
      ],
      "word": "大婆子"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "Central-Plains-Mandarin",
        "Xuzhou"
      ],
      "word": "大老婆"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "Lanyin-Mandarin",
        "Lanzhou"
      ],
      "word": "大老婆"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "Southwestern-Mandarin",
        "Chengdu"
      ],
      "word": "大老婆"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "Southwestern-Mandarin",
        "Chengdu"
      ],
      "word": "大婆子"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "Southwestern-Mandarin",
        "Liuzhou"
      ],
      "word": "大婆"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "Jianghuai-Mandarin",
        "Nanjing"
      ],
      "word": "大老婆"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "大婆"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "大婆"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Dongguan"
      ],
      "word": "大婆"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang"
      ],
      "word": "大老婆"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "word": "大婆"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "Huizhou",
        "Jixi"
      ],
      "word": "大老嫗"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Xinzhou"
      ],
      "word": "大婆子"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "word": "大婆"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "大某"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ],
      "word": "大某"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Jinjiang"
      ],
      "word": "大某"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Yongchun"
      ],
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "大某"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "大某"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "大姐"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Singapore",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "大某"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Manila",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "大某"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Leizhou"
      ],
      "word": "大娘"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Puxian Min",
        "Putian"
      ],
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "word": "大房"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Puxian Min",
        "Putian"
      ],
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "word": "正房"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Puxian Min",
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "word": "大房"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Puxian Min",
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "word": "正房"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Pinghua",
        "Nanning",
        "Tingzi"
      ],
      "word": "大婆"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai",
        "Chongming"
      ],
      "word": "大老官"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Suzhou"
      ],
      "word": "大老媽"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Hangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "大老婆"
    },
    {
      "sense": "legal wife",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Wenzhou"
      ],
      "word": "正娘"
    }
  ],
  "word": "正室"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 正室 meaning in Chinese (10.7kB)

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