夫婦

See also: 夫妇

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

Pronunciation

Noun

夫婦

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

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 夫妻 (“husband and wife”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 夫妻, 夫婦, 伉儷
Mandarin Beijing 兩口子, 兩口兒, 公母倆
Taiwan 夫妻, 兩夫妻
Langfang 兩口子
Tangshan 兩口子
Cangzhou 兩口子
Baoding 兩口子
Shijiazhuang 兩口子
Daming 兩口子
Harbin 兩口子, 公母倆
Yantai (Muping) 老婆漢子, 漢子老婆倆兒, 兩口家, 兩口子
Jinan 兩口子, 兩口兒
Luoyang 夫婦, 夫妻倆, 兩口
Wanrong 婆夫, 婆夫倆
Xi'an 兩口子
Yinchuan 夫妻, 兩口子
Lanzhou 夫妻兩個
Xining 兩口兒, 兩口兒子
Ürümqi 夫妻, 夫妻倆兒, 夫妻兩個, 兩夫妻, 兩口子
Wuhan 夫妻, 夫妻伙裡, 兩口子
Chengdu 夫妻, 兩夫妻, 兩口子
Guiyang 兩夫妻, 兩口子
Liuzhou 兩口子, 兩公婆
Xuzhou 公母倆兒, 公母倆
Yangzhou 夫妻, 夫妻兩個
Nanjing 夫妻, 夫妻兩個
Hefei 夫妻
Singapore 夫妻, 夫婦, 兩公婆
Cantonese Guangzhou 兩公婆, 公婆
Hong Kong 兩公婆, 夫妻, 兩夫妻, 夫婦, 兩夫婦
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 兩公婆
Macau 兩公婆
Guangzhou (Panyu) 兩公婆
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 兩公婆
Guangzhou (Conghua) 兩公婆
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 兩公婆
Foshan 兩公婆
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 兩公婆
Foshan (Shunde) 兩公婆
Foshan (Sanshui) 兩公婆
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 兩公婆
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 兩公婆
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 兩公婆
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 兩公婆
Zhuhai (Doumen) 兩公婆
Jiangmen (Baisha) 兩公婆
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 兩公婆
Taishan 兩公婆
Kaiping (Chikan) 兩公婆
Enping (Niujiang) 兩公婆
Heshan (Yayao) 兩公婆
Dongguan 兩公婆, 夫妻
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 兩公婆
Yangjiang 兩公婆, 公婆
Singapore (Guangfu) 兩公婆
Gan Nanchang 兩媽老子, 兩公婆, 夫妻
Lichuan 兩公婆兒, 兩公婆
Pingxiang 兩公婆
Hakka Meixian 兩公婆, 兩老貨, 公婆
Xingning 兩公婆
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 兩公婆
Huidong (Daling) 兩公婆
Dongguan (Qingxi) 兩公婆
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 兩公婆
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 兩公婆
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 兩公婆
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 兩公婆
Conghua (Lütian) 兩公婆
Changting 兩公婆
Wuping 兩公婆
Wuping (Pingyu) 兩公婆
Liancheng 兩公婆
Yudu 公婆, 公婆兩
Ruijin 兩公婆, 兩老子
Shicheng 兩公婆
Shangyou (Shexi) 兩公婆
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老仔, 兩老
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老仔, 兩老
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 兩公姐, 公婆, 兩老
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 兩公姐, 兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 兩公姐, 公姐, 兩老
Huizhou Jixi 夫妻, 老官老嫗
Jin Taiyuan 夫妻, 兩口子, 夫婦倆個
Xinzhou 婆姨漢子, 老婆漢子, 婆姨漢子兩個, 老婆漢子兩個
Zhangjiakou 兩口子
Handan 兩口子
Northern Min Jian'ou 兩老, 兩老媽
Eastern Min Fuzhou 老公媽, 老公媽兩隻
Matsu 老公媽
Southern Min Xiamen 翁某, 翁仔某, 翁婆, 翁姐
Quanzhou 翁某, 翁仔某
Jinjiang 翁某仔
Anxi 翁某
Zhangzhou 翁某, 翁仔某, 翁婆, 翁姐
Taipei 翁仔某
New Taipei (Sanxia) 翁仔某
Kaohsiung 翁仔某
Yilan 翁仔某
Changhua (Lukang) 翁某
Taichung 翁仔某
Tainan 翁仔某
Hsinchu 翁仔某
Kinmen 翁仔某
Penghu (Magong) 翁仔某
Penang (Hokkien) 翁某
Singapore (Hokkien) 翁某
Manila (Hokkien) 翁某仔
Chaozhou 翁姐, 兩公婆
Leizhou 翁婆, 兩翁婆, 公婆, 兩公婆
Haikou 爹姩, 兩爹姩, 爹姩兩儂
Puxian Min Putian 老公媽
Xianyou 老公媽
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 兩公婆
Wu Shanghai 夫妻, 夫妻兩家頭, 夫妻兩個
Shanghai (Chongming) 夫妻, 夫妾, 夫妻兩, 夫妾兩
Suzhou 夫妻, 兩夫妻, 夫妻兩家頭
Danyang 婆老兩個
Hangzhou 夫妻
Ningbo 夫妻, 兩老頭, 兩公婆, 兩夫妻
Wenzhou 兩夫妻, 兩老, 兩老兒
Jinhua 公婆兩兒, 公婆兩個, 夫妻
Xiang Changsha 兩公婆, 兩夫婦, 兩夫妻
Loudi 夫妻
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

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
夫 婦
ふう
Grade: 4		 ふ
Grade: 5
kan’yōon

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ふ​ーふ [fúꜜùfù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝːɸɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

夫(ふう)婦(ふ) • (fūfu) 

  1. husband and wife, married couple, spouses, couple, pair
    Synonym: 夫妻 (fusai)
    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.
Usage notes

Kanji that are used in this term mean husband and wife. In referring to same-sex married couple, it is occasionally written in hiragana ふうふ.

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)円満(えんまん) (fūfuenman)
  • 夫(ふう)婦(ふ)間(かん) (fūfukan)
  • 夫(ふう)婦(ふ)関係(かんけい) (fūfukankei)
  • 夫(ふう)婦(ふ)喧(げん)嘩(か) (fūfugenka)
  • 夫(ふう)婦(ふ)生(せい)活(かつ) (fūfuseikatsu)
  • 夫(ふう)婦(ふ)共稼(ともかせ)ぎ (fūfutomokasegi)
  • 夫(ふう)婦(ふ)仲(なか) (fūfunaka)
  • 夫(ふう)婦(ふ)別(わか)れ (fūfuwakare)
  • 夫(ふう)婦別姓(ふうべっせい) (fūfūbessei)
  • 夫(ふう)婦約束(ふやくそく) (fūfuyakusoku)
  • 夫(ふう)婦(ふ)養(よう)子(し) (fūfuyōshi)
  • 夫(ふう)婦連(ふづ)れ (fūfuzure)
  • 仮(か)面(めん)夫(ふう)婦(ふ) (kamenfūfu)
  • 熟(じゅく)年(ねん)夫(ふう)婦(ふ) (jukunenfūfu)
  • 蚤(のみ)の夫(ふう)婦(ふ) (nomi no fūfu)
  • 老夫(ろうふう)婦(ふ) (rōfūfu)
  • 若夫(わかふう)婦(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)婦気取(ふきど)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

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
夫 婦
Grade: 4 Grade: 5
irregular
Alternative spellings
妻夫
女夫

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

Noun

夫婦(めおと) • (meoto) ←めをと (mewoto)?

  1. wife and husband
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 夫婦(めおと)茶(ちゃ)碗(わん) (meotochawan)

Etymology 3
Kanji in this term
夫 婦
Grade: 4 Grade: 5
irregular
Alternative spellings
妻夫
女夫

Sound change from めおと.

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

Noun

夫婦(みょうと) • (myōto) ←めうと (meuto)?

  1. married woman and man, wife and husband

Etymology 4
Kanji in this term
夫 婦
Grade: 4 Grade: 5
irregular
For pronunciation and definitions of 夫婦 – see the following entry.
【夫妻おとめ】
[noun] husband and wife
Alternative spelling
妻夫
(This term, 夫婦, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
夫婦

Noun

夫婦 • (bubu) (hangeul 부부)

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

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
夫婦

Noun

夫婦

  1. chữ Hán form of phu phụ (“married couple”).
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