一夫多妻

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	husband; man	many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	wife; to marry off (a daughter)
trad. (一夫多妻)		一	夫	多	妻
simp. ^#(一夫多妻)		一	夫	多	妻

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīfūduōqī

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄈㄨㄉㄨㄛㄑㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ fu¹ do¹ cai¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīfūduōqī [Phonetic: yìfūduōqī]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄈㄨㄉㄨㄛㄑㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yifuduoci
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-fu¹-to¹-chʻi¹
  - Yale: yī-fū-dwō-chī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ifuduochi
  - Palladius: ифудоци (ifudoci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ fu⁵⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ fu¹ do¹ cai¹
  - Yale: yāt fū dō chāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ fu¹ do¹ tsai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ fu¹ do¹ cei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ fuː⁵⁵ tɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

一夫多妻

polygyny (plurality of wives at the same time)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	夫	多	妻
いち > いっ Grade: 1	ふ > ぷ Grade: 4	た Grade: 2	さい Grade: 5
goon

Etymology

一夫 (ippu, “one husband”) +‎ 多妻 (tasai, “multiple wives”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いっぷたさい [íꜜppù tàsáí] (Atamadaka + Heiban – [1]-[0])[1][2]

(Tokyo) いっぷたさい [íꜜppù tàsàì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][3]
IPA^(key): [ip̚pɯ̟̊ᵝ ta̠sa̠i]

Noun

一(いっ)夫(ぷ)多(た)妻(さい) • (ippu tasai)

polygyny (plurality of wives at the same time)
Antonym: 一妻多夫 (issai tafu)

Hypernyms: 複婚 (fukukon), ポリガミー (porigamī)

Coordinate term: 一雄多雌 (ichiyū tashi)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
一	夫	多	妻

Noun

一夫多妻 • (ilbudacheo) (hangeul 일부다처)

Hanja form^? of 일부다처.

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