Chinese word

女婿

Pronunciation

Pinyinnǚ xù

Meaning

  • nounson-in-law

Example

她的女婿很会做饭。tā de nǚ xù hěn huì zuò fàn

Her son-in-law is very good at cooking.

Illustration for 女婿 (son-in-law)

More examples

她妈妈一开始不太接受女婿。tā mā mā yì kāi shǐ bú tài jiē shòu nǚ xù

At first, her mother was not very accepting of her son-in-law.

Core concept

A daughter's husband viewed as a recognized member of her family.

Common phrases

  • 接受女婿jiē shòu nǚ xù

    accept a son-in-law

  • 带女婿回家dài nǚ xù huí jiā

    bring a son-in-law home

  • 欢迎女婿到家里huān yíng nǚ xù dào jiā lǐ

    welcome a son-in-law home

Similar words

婿xù: A brief conversational name for a daughter's husband.
女儿的丈夫nǚ ér de zhàng fū: The easily understood expression for a daughter's husband.
入赘女婿rù zhuì nǚ xù: A daughter's husband who enters his wife's family and lives as one of its members.

Definition in Chinese

指与某人（尤指父母）的女儿结婚的男子，即女儿的丈夫。zhǐ yǔ mǒu rén yóu zhǐ fù mǔ de nǚ ér jié hūn de nán zi jí nǚ ér de zhàng fū

Word origin

女婿 (nǚxù, "son-in-law") combines 女 (nǚ, "daughter or woman") with 婿 (xù, "daughter's husband"), making the family relationship explicit.

Usage tips

  • English speakers often treat in-law as a broad label for marriage-based relatives, but this word specifically identifies a daughter's husband, not every male relative by marriage.

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