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Meaning of

Pinyin sǎo
Radical
Strokes
12
Definition
older brother's wife; sister-in-law
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嫂 [sǎo] 名 【本义】: 兄之妻 [En.] Elder brother's wife 【造字法】: 形声。从女,叟声。 [En.] The character is phono-semantic, composed of the woman radical (女) and the sound element (叟). 【释义】: 1. 同本义 [En.] Elder brother's wife 例: ~~,~子,兄~ Example: (directly referring to elder brother’s wife). 2. 对年纪较大的已婚妇女的敬称 [En.] A respectful term for married women who are older. 例: 大~,~夫人(对朋友妻子的尊称) Example: (referring respectfully to a friend's wife). 【引】: 1. 《说文》:嫂,兄妻也。 [En.] "The Shuowen" states that '嫂' means elder brother's wife. 2. 《尔雅》:女子谓兄之妻为嫂。 [En.] "The Erya" states that a woman refers to her elder brother's wife as '嫂'. 3. 《礼记太传》:是嫂亦可谓之母乎? [En.] "The Book of Rites" discusses whether a sister-in-law can also be referred to as mother. 4. 《史记·苏秦列传》:兄弟嫂妹妻妾皆窃笑之。 [En.] "Records of the Grand Historian" mentions that brothers and their sisters-in-law, along with wives and concubines, all secretly laughed at it. 【例】: 又如: 表嫂; 大嫂; 嫂溺叔援 Example: (related terms) such as cousin sister-in-law, elder sister-in-law, and the idiom referencing ethical considerations when rescuing a sister-in-law.
sǎo zi
(coll.) older brother's wife / sister-in-law / CL:個|个[ge4]
dà sǎo
older brother's wife / sister-in-law / elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman)
sǎo sao
older brother's wife / sister-in-law / (polite address to a younger married woman) sister
dà sǎo zi
Sister-in-law
guǎ sǎo
Widow
gū sǎo
a woman and her brother's wife / sisters-in-law
jūn sǎo
serviceman's wife / wives of military personnel
sǎo fū rén
Wife
biǎo sǎo
wife of older male cousin via female line
gū sǎo shù
Aunt tree
huáng sǎo
Imperial wife
xiōng sǎo
elder brother and his wife

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Pinyin sao3
Wubi
vvhc|vehc
Cangjie
vhxe
Zhengma
zmnx
Four Corner
47447
Unicode
U+5ac2
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