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thê thiếp

Pronunciation Northern /tʰe˧˧ tʰiəp˧˥/ Central /tʰe˧˥ tʰiə̰p˩˧/ Southern /tʰe˧˧ tʰiəp˧˥/
wives
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wives
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1 unknown
wives

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
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
妻妾
Candidates by syllable
thê (淒 / 悽 / 栖 / 稊) thiếp (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 …
Use
bánh phu thê / phu thê / đa thê / lê thê …
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