粵

童tung4養joeng5媳sik1

simp童养媳
tung4 joeng5 sik1tóng yǎng xí

English

  1. child bride
  2. girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law
  3. child bride; girl adopted into a family as their future daughter-in-law

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 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

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