童養媳
simp童养媳tung4 joeng5 sik1tóng yǎng xí
English
- child bride
- girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law
- child bride; girl adopted into a family as their future daughter-in-law
粵語 — Cantonese
- 舊時細細個就俾人領養,第時做嗰家人新抱嘅女仔(量詞:個)
Examples
以前屋企窮,我就俾阿爸賣咗去做童養媳。
Our family was in a financial hardship that my father had to sell me as a child bride.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk