糟糠妻 zāokāngqī hardship wife Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 糟糠 zāokāng wife in poverty A wife who shares a husband's hardships during times of poverty; short for 糟糠妻 zāokāngqī or 糟糠之妻 zāokāngzhīqī妻 qī noun wife (bound form) wife; a man's legal spouse; appears in words like 妻子 qīzi and 夫妻 fūqī