正室
zing3 sat1zhèng shì
English
- primary wife (in contrast to concubine); legal wife
- the legal wife; the senior wife
粵語 — Cantonese
- 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