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thê thiếp

Pronunciation Northern /tʰe˧˧ tʰiəp˧˥/ Central /tʰe˧˥ tʰiə̰p˩˧/ Southern /tʰe˧˧ tʰiəp˧˥/
wives
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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.

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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.
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