賢妻良母

jin4 cai1 loeng4 mou5

virtuous wife and good mother

抛妻棄子

paau1 cai1 hei3 zi2

to abandon one's wife and children; run off one one's family

一夜夫妻百日恩

jat1 je6 fu1 cai1 baak3 jat6 jan1

lit. once married for the first night, there are 100 days of gratitude, meaning

髮妻

faat3 cai1

the first wife

同妻

tung4 cai1

woman who has married a gay man

未婚妻

mei6 fan1 cai1

fiancée; fiancee; wife-to-be

平妻

ping4 cai1

refers to during polygamy how two wives would be equal in status

一妻制

jat1 cai1 zai3

monogamy

一夫一妻

jat1 fu1 jat1 cai1

monogamy

妻室

cai1 sat1

wife [Syn] 妻子；老婆；太太；太座；夫人

妻孥

cai1 nou4

noun; wife and children

妻離子散

cai1 lei4 zi2 saan3

breaking up of a family; to be abandonded by one's wife and for one's kids to sc

老夫老妻

lou5 fu1 lou5 cai1

long-time married couple; old married couple

一夫一妻制

jat1 fu1 jat1 cai1 zai3

Monogamy

妻兒老小

cai1 ji4 lou5 siu2

the whole family

妻子

cai1 zi2

wife | [粵]: 老婆, 太太

賣妻鬻子

maai6 cai1 juk6 zi2

sell one's wife and son away to sustain existence

愛妻

oi3 cai1

loving wife

夫妻

fu1 cai1

husband and wife

無飯夫妻

mou4 faan6 fu1 cai1

[港] a couple, where both partners cannot cook well.