弟妇

弟婦
dìfù
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 younger brother's wife
  2. 2 younger sister-in-law

Examples

Dìfù gāng shēng le yī gè nánhái.
My younger sister-in-law just had a baby boy.
Tā hé dìfù guānxì yīzhí hěn hǎo.
He has always had a good relationship with his younger brother's wife.

Tips

usage
More common colloquial alternatives are 弟媳 (dìxí) or 弟媳 (dìxífù). 弟妇 leans slightly literary/formal. Note that Chinese kinship terms always specify which side and which generation — there is no single word for 'sister-in-law'.

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