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What is the difference between 太太 and 妻子 ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between 太太 and 妻子 ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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- Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
In Taiwan, 太太、老婆are commonly used when talking. 妻子 is only used in writings.
- Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
Several ways of calling "wife" in Chinese, such as:
1. 太太 tài tài - 先生 xiān shēng
[formal] colloquial way of saying wife and husband
2. 妻子 qī zi - 丈夫 zhàng fū
[formal] written language
3. 老婆 lǎo pó - 老公 lǎo gōng
[informal] colloquial way of saying wife and husband in Taiwan
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老婆是老公稱呼的，比較口語，妻子是比較書面的，太太一般是別人稱呼你的老婆（不知道你是男的女的），比如陳太太，王太太
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