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正zing3室sat1

zing3 sat1zhèng shì

English

  1. primary wife (in contrast to concubine); legal wife
  2. the legal wife; the senior wife

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 一夫多妻制家庭中嘅正式妻室,喺禮制上同丈夫平等。通常只有一個正室,其餘地位較低嘅其他妻子稱為側室。(量詞:個)

Examples

  • 佢嘅大仔唔係正室生嘅。

    His eldest son was not born to his legal wife.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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