married woman; wife (dialectal, often derogatory)
Meanings
3 senses · 9 examplesnoun
married woman
dialectDialect term used in northern China. In this sense it is relatively neutral but still colloquial, emphasizing the speaker's identity as a married woman.
Even though I'm just a married woman, my insight is no less than you men.
When we married women get together, we chat about all the daily family trivialities.
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Don't look down on her for being a married woman—she's sharper at business than men.
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adult woman (derogatory)
derogatoryUsed disparagingly to refer to women in general, implying they are meddlesome, inferior, or should not interfere in certain matters. Considered offensive.
You women, stop meddling in these affairs that don't concern you.
He's always saying "What do women know?" opening and closing his mouth.
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This kind of discriminatory rhetoric against women has long been outdated.
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wife
informalColloquial and dialectal term for one's own wife or someone else's wife. Can be neutral or slightly coarse depending on tone and context.
His wife is sick.
My wife has recently become obsessed with square dancing.
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Your wife is calling you to come home for dinner.