How to pronounce qi zi (妻子) in Chinese
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妻子
qī zǐ
Characters & meanings
wife
child / seed
Common mistake
High + light (1-0 in speech): qī stays level with a strong aspirated q; zi is usually weightless. Tone on qī matters — qízi (旗子) is a flag.
Tone change in this word
子 is usually neutral here in speech (qīzi), though dictionaries also list the full qīzǐ.
Example sentence
他的妻子是医生。
Tā de qīzi shì yīshēng.
His wife is a doctor.
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