妯娌

zhóuli

noun #60,835

Meanings

1 wives of brothers (collectively); co-sisters-in-law

Characters

brother's wife (in compound)

brother's wife (in compound)

Examples

她们妯娌三个经常一起做饭。

Tāmen zhóuli sān gè jīngcháng yīqǐ zuòfàn.

The three sisters-in-law often cook together.

这对妯娌相处得很好。

Zhè duì zhóuli xiāngchǔ de hěn hǎo.

These two co-sisters-in-law get along well.

Tips

culture

The female parallel to 连襟 — wives of brothers relating to each other. In traditional multi-generation households living together, the 妯娌 relationship was notoriously fraught, a staple tension in Chinese family drama.

Stroke Order

妯 zhóu

娌 li