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填房 (tin4 fong4) — second wife (of a widower): the concubine who becomes the replacement wife (lit., "fills the room/house") in Cantonese

tinˎ₄填fongˎ₄房
Mandarin Pinyin: tian2 fang2

Meaning of 填房

nounsecond wife (of a widower): the concubine who becomes the replacement wife (lit., "fills the room/house")

Characters in 填房

填tin4
fill up (a vacancy); make up (a deficiency)
房fong4
room; chamber; cubicle

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