妻管严
qī guǎn yán
Pinyin

Definition

妻管严
 - 
qī guǎn yán
  1. henpecked male

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

不管
bù guǎn
  1. 1 not to be concerned
  2. 2 regardless of
  3. 3 no matter
管
guǎn
  1. 1 variant of 管[guǎn]
管理
guǎn lǐ
  1. 1 to supervise
  2. 2 to manage
  3. 3 to administer
  4. 4 management
  5. 5 administration
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè]
主管
zhǔ guǎn
  1. 1 in charge
  2. 2 responsible for
  3. 3 person in charge
  4. 4 manager
保管
bǎo guǎn
  1. 1 to hold in safekeeping
  2. 2 to have in one's care
  3. 3 to guarantee
  4. 4 certainly
  5. 5 surely
  6. 6 custodian
  7. 7 curator
尽管
jǐn guǎn
  1. 1 despite
  2. 2 although
  3. 3 even though
  4. 4 in spite of
  5. 5 unhesitatingly
  6. 6 do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc)
  7. 7 (go ahead and do it) without hesitating
别管
bié guǎn
  1. 1 no matter (who, what etc)
前妻
qián qī
  1. 1 ex-wife
  2. 2 late wife
吸管
xī guǎn
  1. 1 (drinking) straw
  2. 2 pipette
  3. 3 eyedropper
  4. 4 snorkel
  5. 5 CL:支[zhī]
城管
chéng guǎn
  1. 1 local government bylaw enforcement officer
  2. 2 city management (abbr. for 城市管理行政執法局|城市管理行政执法局[Chéng shì Guǎn lǐ Xíng zhèng Zhí fǎ jú])
夫妻
fū qī
  1. 1 husband and wife
  2. 2 married couple
妻
qī
  1. 1 wife
妻子
qī zǐ
  1. 1 wife and children
心血管
xīn xuè guǎn
  1. 1 cardiovascular
水管
shuǐ guǎn
  1. 1 water pipe
监管
jiān guǎn
  1. 1 to oversee
  2. 2 to take charge of
  3. 3 to supervise
  4. 4 to administer
  5. 5 supervisory
  6. 6 supervision
管住
guǎn zhù
  1. 1 to take control of
  2. 2 to manage
  3. 3 to curb
管制
guǎn zhì
  1. 1 to control
  2. 2 to restrict
  3. 3 (PRC law) non-custodial sentence with specified restrictions on one's activities for up to 3 years (e.g. not to participate in demonstrations)
管家
guǎn jiā
  1. 1 housekeeper
  2. 2 butler
  3. 3 manage one's household
管教
guǎn jiào
  1. 1 to discipline
  2. 2 to teach
  3. 3 to guarantee

Idioms (11)

吃粮不管事
chī liáng bù guǎn shì
  1. 1 to eat without working (idiom)
  2. 2 to take one's pay and not care about the rest
各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜
gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng
  1. 1 sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)
夫妻反目
fū qī fǎn mù
  1. 1 man and wife fall out (idiom, from Book of Changes); marital strife
妻离子散
qī lí zǐ sàn
  1. 1 a family wrenched apart (idiom)
宠妾灭妻
chǒng qiè miè qī
  1. 1 favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom)
  2. 2 spoil one's mistress and neglect one's wife
撒手不管
sā shǒu bù guǎn
  1. 1 to stand aside and do nothing (idiom)
  2. 2 to take no part in
朋友妻不可欺
péng you qī bù kě qī
  1. 1 you should not covet your friend's wife (idiom)
管中窥豹
guǎn zhōng kuī bào
  1. 1 lit. to see a leopard through a narrow tube (idiom); fig. to miss the big picture
管见所及
guǎn jiàn suǒ jí
  1. 1 in my humble opinion (idiom)
丑妻近地家中宝
chǒu qī jìn dì jiā zhōng bǎo
  1. 1 an ugly wife is a treasure at home (idiom)
双管齐下
shuāng guǎn qí xià
  1. 1 lit. to paint holding two brushes (idiom); fig. to work on two tasks at the same time
  2. 2 to attack one problem from two angles at the same time

Sample Sentences

难怪 呢。早 就 听说 上海 男人 在 家里 通常 都 是 听 太太 的，是 典型 的“妻管严"
nánguài ne 。zǎo jiù tīngshuō Shànghǎi nánrén zài jiālǐ tōngcháng dōu tīng tàitai de ，shì diǎnxíng de “qīguǎnyán "
No wonder! I heard a long time ago that at home, Shanghainese men always listen to their wives. They're classic examples of being ''whipped."
Go to Lesson