妻儿老小 qī'érlǎoxiǎo whole family Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 妻 qī noun wife (bound form) wife; a man's legal spouse; appears in words like 妻子 qīzi and 夫妻 fūqī儿 兒 ér noun son son; male offspring老 lǎo noun the elderly old people; the aged; one's parents or elders小 xiǎo noun the young children; the young; younger members of a family