夫婦

夫婦

See also: 夫妇

Chinese

		husband; man	woman
trad. (夫婦)		夫	婦
simp. (夫妇)		夫	妇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fūfù

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨ ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹ fu⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fû-fu
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): hu-hǔ / hu-hū

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hu¹ hu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: fūfù
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fufuh
    • IPA ^(key): /fu⁵⁵ fu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu¹ fu⁵
    • Yale: fū fúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹ fu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu¹ fu⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵ fuː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fû-fu
    • Hakka Romanization System: fu´ fu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fu¹ fu⁴
    • IPA: /fu²⁴⁻¹¹ fu⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu-hǔ
    • Tâi-lô: hu-hǔ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hu³³ hu²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu-hū
    • Tâi-lô: hu-hū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hu'hu
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hu⁴⁴⁻³³ hu³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hu⁴⁴⁻²² hu²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hu¹ hu⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hu hŭ
    • IPA ^(key): /hu³³⁻²³ hu³⁵/

Noun

夫婦

1. husband and wife; married couple (Classifier: 對／对 m)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 夫妻 (“husband and wife”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		夫妻, 夫婦, 伉儷
Mandarin	Beijing	兩口子, 公母倆
	Taiwan	夫妻, 兩夫妻
	Jinan	兩口子
	Xi'an	兩口子
	Wuhan	夫妻, 夫妻伙裡
	Chengdu	兩夫妻, 兩口子
	Yangzhou	夫妻
	Hefei	夫妻
Cantonese	Guangzhou	兩公婆, 公婆
	Hong Kong	兩公婆
	Taishan	兩公婆
	Yangjiang	兩公婆, 公婆
Gan	Nanchang	兩媽老子, 兩公婆
Hakka	Meixian	兩公婆, 公婆
	Xingning	兩公婆
	Huidong (Daling)	兩公婆
	Qujiang	兩公婆
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	兩公婆
	Changting	兩公婆
	Pingyu	兩公婆
	Wuping	兩公婆
	Liancheng	兩公婆
	Ruijin	兩公婆, 兩老子
	Shicheng	兩公婆
	Shangyou	兩公婆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老仔, 兩老
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老仔, 兩老
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老
	Dongshi (Dabu)	兩公姐, 公婆, 兩老
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	兩公姐, 兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	兩公姐, 公姐, 兩老
Jin	Taiyuan	夫妻, 兩口子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	兩老, 兩老媽
Min Dong	Fuzhou	老公媽
	Matsu	老公媽
Min Nan	Xiamen	翁某, 翁仔某, 翁婆, 翁姐
	Quanzhou	翁某, 翁仔某
	Jinjiang	翁某仔
	Zhangzhou	翁某, 翁仔某, 翁婆, 翁姐
	Taipei	翁仔某
	Kaohsiung	翁仔某
	Tainan	翁仔某
	Taichung	翁仔某
	Hsinchu	翁仔某
	Lukang	翁某
	Sanxia	翁仔某
	Yilan	翁仔某
	Kinmen	翁仔某
	Magong	翁仔某
	Penang	翁某
	Philippines (Manila)	翁某仔
	Chaozhou	翁姐
Wu	Shanghai	夫妻
	Suzhou	夫妻, 兩夫妻
	Wenzhou	兩夫妻, 兩老
Xiang	Changsha	兩公婆, 兩夫婦
	Shuangfeng	兩公婆, 兩夫婦

Derived terms

夫婦合璧／夫妇合璧 夫婦和／夫妇和

夫婦好合／夫妇好合 夫婦齊眉／夫妇齐眉

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
夫	婦
ふう Grade: 4	ふ Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ふ​うふ [fúꜜùfù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝːɸɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

夫婦 (hiragana ふうふ, rōmaji fūfu)

1. husband and wife, married couple, spouses, couple, pair

   その夫 (ふう)婦 (ふ)は幸福 (こうふく)な生活 (せいかつ)を送 (おく)った。

   Sono fūfu wa kōfuku na seikatsu o okutta.

   The couple led a happy life.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 夫 (ふう)婦 (ふ)の道 (まち) (fūfu no machi)
• 夫 (ふう)婦 (ふ)の和 (わ) (fūfu no wa)
• 夫 (ふう)婦 (ふ)円 (えん)満 (まん) (fūfuenman)
• 夫 (ふう)婦 (ふ)間 (かん) (fūfukan)
• 夫 (ふう)婦 (ふ)関 (かん)係 (けい) (fūfukankei)
• 夫 (ふう)婦 (ふ)喧 (げん)嘩 (か) (fūfugenka)
• 夫婦生活 (ふうふせいかつ) (fūfuseikatsu)
• 夫婦共稼 (ふうふともかせ)ぎ (fūfutomokasegi)
• 夫婦仲 (ふうふなか) (fūfunaka)
• 夫婦別 (ふうふわか)れ (fūfuwakare)

• 夫 (ふう)婦 (ふう)別 (べっ)姓 (せい) (fūfūbessei)
• 夫婦約束 (ふうふやくそく) (fūfuyakusoku)
• 夫 (ふう)婦 (ふ)養 (よう)子 (し) (fūfuyōshi)
• 夫 (ふう)婦 (ふ)連 (づ)れ (fūfuzure)
• 仮 (か)面 (めん)夫 (ふう)婦 (ふ) (kamenfūfu)
• 熟年夫婦 (じゅくねんふうふ) (jukunenfūfu)
• 蚤 (のみ)の夫 (ふう)婦 (ふ) (nomi no fūfu)
• 老 (ろう)夫 (ふう)婦 (ふ) (rōfūfu)
• 若夫婦 (わかふうふ) (wakafūfu)

Idioms

Idioms

• 鴛鴦 (おしど)り夫 (ふう)婦 (ふ) (oshidori fūfu): literally "couple of ducks", loving couple, couple of lovebirds, happily married couple
• 夫 (ふう)婦 (ふ)気 (き)取 (ど)り (fūfu kidori): literally "assume airs of a married couple", behaving as if they were a married couple
• 夫 (ふう)婦 (ふ)の縁 (えん)を結 (むす)ぶ (fūfu no en o musubu): literally "tie the bonds of husband and wife", get married
• 夫 (ふう)婦 (ふ)の仲 (なか)を裂 (さ)く (fūfu no naka o saku): literally "split the relationship of husband and wife", bring about marital separation

Synonyms

Synonyms

• 夫妻 (ふさい) (fusai)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
夫	婦
Grade: 4	Grade: 5
Irregular

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) めおと [mèótó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [me̞o̞to̞]

Alternative forms

• 女夫
• 妻夫

Noun

夫婦 (hiragana めおと, rōmaji meoto, historical hiragana めをと)

1. wife and husband

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 夫婦茶碗 (めおとちゃわん) (meotochawan)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
夫	婦
Grade: 4	Grade: 5
Irregular

Sound change from めおと.

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) みょーと [myòótó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [mʲo̞ːto̞]

Noun

夫婦 (hiragana みょうと, rōmaji myōto, historical hiragana めうと)

1. married woman and man, wife and husband

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
夫	婦
Grade: 4	Grade: 5
Irregular

Sound change from をひと (男人) め (妻).

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • IPA^(key): [o̞to̞me̞]

Alternative forms

• 夫妻

Noun

夫婦 (hiragana おとめ, rōmaji otome, historical hiragana をとめ)

1. Alternative spelling of 夫妻

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
夫	婦

Noun

夫婦 • (bubu) (hangeul 부부)

1. Hanja form^? of 부부 (“couple, husband and wife”).