嫂
子

(coll.) older brother's wife in Chinese: 嫂子 (sǎo zi)

sǎo zi

(coll.) older brother's wife

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1(coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law

Stroke order

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嫂
子

Zhuyin

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ㄙㄠˇ

sǎo

ㄙ/ sㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

˙ㄗ

zi

˙/ neutral toneㄗ/ z

Example sentences

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  • 我哥结婚后，嫂子对我很好。

    wǒ gē jié hūn hòu， sǎo zi duì wǒ hěn hǎo。

    After my older brother married, my sister-in-law has been very kind to me.

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Related words

子

zǐ

son

杯子

bēi zi

cup

儿子

ér zi

son

椅子

yǐ zi

chair

桌子

zhuō zi

table

孩子

hái zi

child

妻子

qī zǐ

wife and children

鼻子

bí zi

nose

电子

diàn zǐ

electronic

句子

jù zi

sentence

裤子

kù zi

variant of 裤子, trousers

筷子

kuài zi

chopsticks

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