小姑子

xiǎogūzi
noun #33,131

Meanings

  1. 1 husband's younger sister; sister-in-law

Examples

HSK 2
Wǒ xiǎogūzi jīnnián shàng gāosān.
My husband's younger sister is in her last year of senior high.
HSK 7-9
Xiǎogūzi hé sǎosao guānxi hěn hǎo.
The husband's younger sister and his elder brother's wife get on well.

Tips

usage
A wife's term for her husband's younger sister. Paired with 大姑子 (husband's elder sister). The in-law terms mark BOTH whose side (husband's) AND relative age.
register
A colloquial, spoken kinship term; the suffix gives it a familiar, everyday tone.

Stroke Order

xiǎo