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wife in chinese?? Hi!! how do yo say "wife" in chinese mandarin...tàitai or qi zi???? thanks!!!
May 14, 2008 8:38 AM
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太太: used for introducing the wife in a business party (Most frequently used) 老婆: when people meet their friends and buddies (Most frequently used) 内人: Normally we won't use it. It is kindof traditional way of saying Wife. 妻子: It is less popular than 老婆 but more popular than 内人.
May 14, 2008
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with close friends and relative, we use “老婆”, with colleagues we use “爱人”, “妻子”is usually used in literature, “太太”is mostly formally used in business occasion.
May 16, 2008
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Hi! I think "taitai" is more polite form of "qizi". I believe that it used to be that a man referred to his own wife as "qizi" and someone else's wife as "taitai" (to be more polite). But I have noticed that a man can also refer to his own wife as "taitai" now. My Chinese is not so good, but that's what I thought.
May 14, 2008
太太tai tai,老婆lao po,妻子qi zi,爱人ai ren
May 18, 2008
to plus MS help's answer with hada's and in add to their answers i will give you another examples for wife if i am with my wife to go to a party and then i will introduce my wife to my friends like " 这是我爱人"(这是更为正式的一种说法more formal 她——我老婆。 in a kidding way if i write a letter to my wife i would write 我最深爱的妻子(my beloved wife)
May 18, 2008
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