thê thiếp
Pronunciation
Northern
/tʰe˧˧ tʰiəp˧˥/
Central
/tʰe˧˥ tʰiə̰p˩˧/
Southern
/tʰe˧˧ tʰiəp˧˥/
wives
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wives
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Meaning
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Meaning
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wives Family, Relationships & Life Events
A collective term used to refer to the official wives and concubines of a man.
vi Xã hội xưa cho phép đàn ông có nhiều thê thiếp.
en Ancient society allowed men to have many wives and concubines.
Parts
thê / thiếp / 妻妾
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Parts
thê / thiếp / 妻妾
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
妻妾
Candidates by syllable
thê
妻（淒 / 悽 / 栖 / 稊）
thiếp
妾（帖 / 淁 / 𢜡 / 𢲯）
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
thê tử / thê / thê lương / thê thảm …
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Similar
thê tử / thê / thê lương / thê thảm …
Use
bánh phu thê / phu thê / đa thê / lê thê …
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Use
bánh phu thê / phu thê / đa thê / lê thê …