妻

遗妻

yí qī

widow

丑妻近地家中宝

chǒu qī jìn dì jiā zhōng bǎo

an ugly wife is a treasure at home (idiom)

露水夫妻

lù shuǐ fū qī

a couple in a short-lived, improper relationship

霸妻

bà qī

to use one's power and influence to take another man's wife for oneself

发妻

fà qī

first wife

一夫一妻

yī fū yī qī

monogamy

一夫多妻

yī fū duō qī

polygamy

一妻制

yī qī zhì

monogamy

亡妻

wáng qī

one's late wife

人妻

rén qī

married woman; wife (as a social role)

休妻

xiū qī

to repudiate one's wife

前妻

qián qī

ex-wife