Read Edit View history 外戚 wàiqī maternal or wife's relatives Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 外戚 wàiqī maternal or wife's relatives Relatives of a different surname, specifically maternal relatives or relatives on the wife's side imperial in-laws The families of the emperor's mother or wife, often exercising power in ancient China Frequency Written text 0.426 per million Cross-References Classifier 位 wèiSame as 外亲 wàiqīnSynonym 外家 wàijiā外舍 wàishèAntonym 内戚 nèiqī Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
外戚 wàiqī maternal or wife's relatives Relatives of a different surname, specifically maternal relatives or relatives on the wife's side imperial in-laws The families of the emperor's mother or wife, often exercising power in ancient China Frequency Written text 0.426 per million Cross-References Classifier 位 wèiSame as 外亲 wàiqīnSynonym 外家 wàijiā外舍 wàishèAntonym 内戚 nèiqī Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)