夫妻

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Chinese

husband; man wife; to marry off (a daughter)
trad. (夫妻) 夫 妻
simp. #(夫妻) 夫 妻

Etymology

Dvandva of 夫 (fū, “husband”) + 妻 (qī, “wife”)

Pronunciation

Noun

夫妻

  1. husband and wife; married couple (Classifier: 對／对)
    夫妻關係／夫妻关系  ―  fūqī guānxì  ―  husband-wife relationship
    增進夫妻感情的方式 [MSC, trad.]
    增进夫妻感情的方式 [MSC, simp.]
    zēngjìn fūqī gǎnqíng de fāngshì
    ways to enhance the relationship between husband and wife

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 夫妻 (“husband and wife”)
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

See also

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
夫 妻
ふ
Grade: 4 		さい
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

夫(ふ)妻(さい) • (fusai) 

  1. a married couple, husband and wife, Mr. and Mrs.
    Synonym: 夫婦 (fūfu)
    山(やま)田夫(だふ)妻(さい)は来月(らいげつ)帰(き)国(こく)します
    Yamada fusai wa raigetsu kikoku shimasu
    Mr. and Mrs. Yamada will come home next month

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
夫 妻
Grade: 4 Grade: 5
irregular
Alternative spellings
夫婦
妻夫

Sound change from をひと (男人) め (妻).

Pronunciation

Noun

夫妻(おとめ) • (otome) ←をとめ (wotome)?

  1. husband and wife

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
夫妻

Noun

夫妻 • (bucheo) (hangeul 부처)

  1. Hanja form? of 부처 (“married couple”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
夫妻

Noun

夫妻

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