媳 xí HSK7 daughter-in-law Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 息 represents the sound. Components 女 女 Meaning component nǚ, nü woman 息 息 Sound component xi, xī breathe, rest Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangslɯɡ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang