慈闱 cíwéi mother Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 慈 cí mother (bound form) mother; used in formal or literary terms like 家慈 jiācí for one's own mother or 令慈 lìngcí for someone else's mother闱 闈 wéi parents' room (bound form) literary term for the room where one's parents live; often used to refer to one's parents themselves