Chinese Word: 婿 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

婿

Pinyin: xù

English Definition: son-in-law; husband

Chinese Definition:
①丈夫：夫婿。
②女儿、妹妹及其他晚辈的丈夫：女婿。妹婿。侄婿。甥婿。贤婿。翁婿。

Total strokes: 12; Radical: 女

Pictophonetic:胥 indicates the sound; 女 (woman) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 女 [ nǚ ] woman, girl; female
- 胥 [ xū ] all, together, mutually

Similar Characters: 媦

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夫婿	fū xù	(literary) husband
翁婿	wēng xù	father-in-law (wife's father) and son-in-law
乘龙快婿	chéng lóng kuài xù	ideal son-in-law
赘婿	zhuì xù	son-in-law living at wife's parent's house
小婿	xiǎo xù	my son-in-law (humble); I (spoken to parents-in-law)

1		mài yín 卖淫， diào 钓 jīn guī xù 金龟婿， wǎn cān 晚餐 yuē huì 约会？ Prostitution, Gold-digging, or Just a Dinner Date? How Chimps Get Paid for Sex
2		bǐ 比 bú shi 不是 dào 到 jīn guī xù 金龟婿 de 的 nǚ shì 女士 gèng 更 lìng 令 wǒ 我 chī jīng 吃惊 de 的 què 却 shì 是 nán rén 男人。 More shocking than the non-gold-digging women, however, were the men.
3		yǒu 有 zé 则 gù shì 故事 shuō 说， yī gè 一个 fù rén 富人 wèi 为 dú shēng 独生 nǚ ér 女儿 xuǎn 选 xù 婿， qiú hūn zhě 求婚者 zhòng duō 众多。 Here is another story. There was a rich man who was selecting a husband for his only child among a multitude of pursuers.
4		guó tài 国太 dà nù 大怒， zé mà 责骂 sūn quán 孙权： \" jīn rì 今日 xuán dé 玄德 jì 既 wèi 为 wǒ 我 xù 婿， jí 即 wǒ 我 zhī 之 ér nǚ 儿女 yě 也。 The state mother turned wrathfully on Sun Quan and berated him: "Today Xuande has become my son-in-law; that is to say, he is my child.
5		diào 钓 jīn guī xù 金龟婿 yī 一 zú 族 móu qiú 谋求 jià gè yǒu qián rén 嫁个有钱人， tā 他 huò zhě 或者 tā 她 de 的 wéi yī 唯一 xìng qù 兴趣 zhǐ shì 只是 nà ge 那个 rén 人 de 的 qián 钱。 A gold digger is someone who seeks to marry a rich person because he or she is only interested in that person's money.

1		mài yín 卖淫， diào 钓 jīn guī xù 金龟婿， wǎn cān 晚餐 yuē huì 约会？ Prostitution, Gold-digging, or Just a Dinner Date? How Chimps Get Paid for Sex
2		bǐ 比 bú shi 不是 dào 到 jīn guī xù 金龟婿 de 的 nǚ shì 女士 gèng 更 lìng 令 wǒ 我 chī jīng 吃惊 de 的 què 却 shì 是 nán rén 男人。 More shocking than the non-gold-digging women, however, were the men.
3		yǒu 有 zé 则 gù shì 故事 shuō 说， yī gè 一个 fù rén 富人 wèi 为 dú shēng 独生 nǚ ér 女儿 xuǎn 选 xù 婿， qiú hūn zhě 求婚者 zhòng duō 众多。 Here is another story. There was a rich man who was selecting a husband for his only child among a multitude of pursuers.
4		guó tài 国太 dà nù 大怒， zé mà 责骂 sūn quán 孙权： \" jīn rì 今日 xuán dé 玄德 jì 既 wèi 为 wǒ 我 xù 婿， jí 即 wǒ 我 zhī 之 ér nǚ 儿女 yě 也。 The state mother turned wrathfully on Sun Quan and berated him: "Today Xuande has become my son-in-law; that is to say, he is my child.
5		diào 钓 jīn guī xù 金龟婿 yī 一 zú 族 móu qiú 谋求 jià gè yǒu qián rén 嫁个有钱人， tā 他 huò zhě 或者 tā 她 de 的 wéi yī 唯一 xìng qù 兴趣 zhǐ shì 只是 nà ge 那个 rén 人 de 的 qián 钱。 A gold digger is someone who seeks to marry a rich person because he or she is only interested in that person's money.