夫人

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Chinese

husband; man man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(夫人) 		夫 人
anagram 人夫
Literally: “man person”.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 夫 人
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 虞 (24) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 甫無切 如鄰切
Baxter pju nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pɨo/ /ȵiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pio/ /ȵin/
Shao
Rongfen 		/pio/ /ȵʑjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/puə̆/ /ȵin/
Li
Rong 		/pio/ /ȵiĕn/
Wang
Li 		/pĭu/ /ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/pi̯u/ /ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		fū rén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fu1 jan4

Noun

夫人

  1. (polite) lady; madam; Mrs. (Classifier: 位)
    王夫人來了。／王夫人来了。  ―  Wáng fūrén lái le.  ―  Mrs. Wang has arrived.
    戴卓爾夫人／戴卓尔夫人 [Cantonese]  ―  daai3 coek3 ji5 fu1 jan4   ―  (Hong Kong) Margaret Thatcher
  2. (historical) wife (of a feudal lord)
  3. (historical, Han dynasty) wife (of a man of the gentry)
  4. (historical) concubine (of a monarch)

Synonyms

  • (wife):
Dialectal synonyms of 妻子 (“wife”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 妻, 妻兒, 內人, 內子, 夫人, 娘子
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 妻子, 夫人, 太太, 妻室, 妻房, 拙荊 humble
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 女人, 媳婦兒, 老婆子, 屋兒裡的, 屋兒裡人, 家項兒 dated
Taiwan 太太, 老婆, 牽手
Ulanhot 媳婦兒, 老娘們兒
Tongliao 媳婦兒, 老娘們兒
Chifeng 老娘們兒
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 媳婦兒, 老娘們兒
Harbin 老婆, 媳婦兒, 屋裡的, 屋裡人兒, 老娘們兒
Shenyang 老婆, 家裡的
Malaysia 老婆
Singapore 老婆, 太太
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 老婆, 屋裡的, 家裡的, 娘們兒
Weifang (Weicheng) 老婆, 家裡
Weifang (Fangzi) 老婆, 媳婦, 家裡
Changle 老婆, 媳婦, 家裡
Shouguang 老婆, 女人
Wulian 老婆, 辦飯的
Jinan 老婆, 媳婦, 女的, 家裡, 家裡的
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 老婆, 媳婦, 家裡兒的
Qingdao 老婆子
Weifang (Hanting) 老婆, 媳婦
Changyi 老婆, 媳婦, 家裡
Gaomi 老婆, 媳婦, 家裡
Zhucheng 媳子, 老婆
Anqiu 老婆, 媳婦, 家裡
Linqu 老婆, 媳婦
Qingzhou 老婆, 媳婦
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 女人, 媳婦兒, 屋裡的, 家裡
Wanrong 老婆, 媳婦
Zhengzhou 媳婦
Xi'an 女人, 媳婦兒, 老婆, 婆娘, 屋裡人, 屋裡家
Xining 媳婦, 婆娘, 家裡的
Xuzhou 女的, 家下, 家來的, 家裡人, 媳婦兒
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 老婆, 婆姨, 婆娘, 妻人
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) 老婆, 婆姨, 女人, 妻人
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 婆姨, 媳婦, 女人
Bayanhot 老婆, 屋裡的
Lanzhou 女人, 媳婦, 屋裡的, 家裡的
Ürümqi 女人, 媳婦兒, 央格子
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 女的, 女人, 老娘兒, 婆娘
Wuhan 女的, 女將, 屋裡 dated, 屋裡的 dated, 屋裡人 dated, 家務 dated, 堂客 dated
Guiyang 女的, 女人, 婆娘, 屋頭人
Kunming 婆娘, 老婆, 媳婦, 女人, 家首
Guilin 老婆
Liuzhou 老婆, 婆娘 dated
Sanjiang (Danzhou) 老婆
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 女的, 女人, 老婆, 媽媽
Yangzhou 老婆, 媽媽, 堂客, 女眷
Xinghua 女人, 女將
Nantong 堂客, 女將, 奶奶, 老婆
Hefei 老婆, 奶奶們
Huanggang 屋裡人, 屋裡, 堂客
Cantonese Guangzhou 老婆, 女人, 煮飯婆, 堂客
Hong Kong 老婆, 煮飯婆, 太太 non-face-to-face
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 老婆
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 老婆
Macau 老婆, 太太
Guangzhou (Panyu) 老婆
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 老婆
Guangzhou (Conghua) 老婆
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 老婆
Foshan 老婆
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 老婆
Foshan (Shunde) 老婆
Foshan (Sanshui) 老婆
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 老婆
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 老婆
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 老婆
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 老婆
Zhuhai (Doumen) 老婆
Jiangmen (Baisha) 老婆
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 老婆
Taishan 老婆
Kaiping (Chikan) 老婆
Enping (Niujiang) 老婆
Heshan (Yayao) 老婆
Dongguan 老婆
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 老婆
Shaoguan 老婆
Yunfu 老婆
Yangjiang 老婆, 家下, 夫娘
Xinyi 老婆
Lianjiang 老婆
Nanning 老婆
Wuzhou 老婆, 燒火婆
Yulin 老婆, 婦娘
Hepu (Lianzhou) 老婆
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 老婆
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 老婆
Dongxing 老婆
Danzhou 老婆
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 老婆
Singapore (Guangfu) 老婆
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 老婆, 太太
Móng Cái 老婆
Gan Nanchang 老婆, 女客
Lichuan 老婆, 女客
Pingxiang 婆娘, 老婆
Jianning 老婆
Taining 阿娘
Hakka Meixian 老婆, 婦人家
Xingning 老婆
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 老婆
Huiyang 老婆
Huidong (Daling) 老婆
Dongguan (Qingxi) 老婆
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 老婆
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 老婆
Wuhua (Huacheng) 老婆
Heyuan (Bendihua) 老婆
Wengyuan 老婆
Nanxiong (Zhuji) 婦娘, 堂客
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 老婆
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 婆乸
Liannan 老婆
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 老婆
Jiexi 老婆
Luhe 婦娘
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 婦娘
Pinghe (Jiufeng) 媽娘
Changting 老婆
Shanghang 老婆
Longyan (Yongding) 老婆
Wuping 老婆
Wuping (Yanqian) 老婆
Wuping (Pingyu) 老婆, 婦娘
Liancheng 婦娘
Ninghua 老婆
Qingliu 婦娘
Yudu 老婆, 婦娘
Ningdu 老婆
Ruijin 老婆, 婦娘
Shicheng 老婆
Shangyou (Shexi) 老婆
Tonggu (Sandu) 老婆
Ganzhou (Panlong) 老婆
Dayu 老婆
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 婦娘, 老姐
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 姐仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 婦娘, 老姐
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 婦娘, 老姐
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 婦娘, 老姐
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 婦娘
Hong Kong 老婆
Mengshan (Xihe) 老婆
Luchuan 老婆
Luchuan (Daqiao) 老婆
Sabah (Longchuan) 老婆
Senai (Huiyang) 老婆
Singkawang 老婆, 番婆
Singapore (Dabu) 老婆
Huizhou Jixi 老嫗
Shexian 老婆, 堂客
Huangshan (Tunxi) 老婆
Xiuning 老婆
Yixian 老婆
Qimen 婦兒家
Wuyuan 老婆
Fuliang 老婆, 婦人個
Dexing 老婆
Jingde 屋裡
Shitai (Xianyu) 老婆
Jin Taiyuan 老婆, 家裡的, 女人, 婆姨
Pingyao 老婆, 媳婦, 婆姨
Xinzhou 女人, 老婆, 婆姨
Taibus (Baochang) 老婆
Linhe 老婆, 女人
Jining 老婆, 媳婦
Hohhot 女人
Baotou 老婆, 媳婦
Dongsheng 老婆
Haibowan 老婆
Northern Min Jian'ou 老媽
Jian'ou (Dikou) 老媽
Songxi 老媽
Zhenghe 老媽
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 老媽
Jianyang 老媽
Wuyishan 老媽
Pucheng (Shibei) 老媽
Eastern Min Fuzhou 老媽, 諸娘儂, 厝裡, 𡚸, 老小
Fuzhou (Changle) 老媽, 厝裡
Lianjiang 老媽, 厝裡
Fuqing 老媽, 𡚸, 厝裡
Pingtan 老媽
Yongtai 老媽
Minqing 老媽
Gutian 老媽
Pingnan 老媽
Luoyuan 老媽
Fu'an 老媽
Ningde 老媽
Xiapu 老媽
Zherong 老媽
Shouning 老媽
Zhouning 老媽
Fuding 老媽
Matsu 老媽
Sitiawan (Gutian) 老媽
Southern Min Xiamen 某, 牽手, 牽手的, 查某儂, 厝內, 厝內儂, 家內, 家內儂, 家後, 內人, 內助, 婦人儂, 柴耙, 老柴杮, 老柴㷮
Xiamen (Tong'an) 某
Quanzhou 某, 牽手, 牽手的, 查某儂, 厝內, 家內, 家內儂, 家後, 內人, 內助, 婦人儂
Jinjiang 某, 厝內儂
Nan'an 某
Shishi 某
Hui'an 某
Anxi 某
Yongchun 某
Dehua 某
Zhangzhou 某, 牽手, 牽手的, 查某儂, 厝內, 厝內儂, 家內, 家內儂, 家後, 內人, 內助, 婦人儂, 內頭, 㾀菜籃, 煮飯婆, 煮飯的
Zhangzhou (Longhai) 某
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 某
Hua'an 某
Nanjing 某
Pinghe 某
Zhangpu 某
Yunxiao 某
Zhao'an 某
Dongshan 某
Taipei 太太, 某, 牽手
New Taipei (Sanxia) 太太, 阮厝的查某儂, 阿貼的, 後柴耙, 某
Kaohsiung 太太, 某, 查某儂, 柴耙, 牽手, 牽的, 煮飯的
Yilan 太太, 某, 查某儂, 家後, 柴耙, 牽手, 牽的, 煮飯的
Changhua (Lukang) 某, 查某人, 柴耙, 牽手, 煮飯的
Taichung 某, 家後, 牽手
Taichung (Wuqi) 某
Tainan 太太, 某, 查某儂, 柴耙, 牽手, 牽的, 煮飯的
Taitung 某
Hsinchu 某, 家後, 查某儂, 煮飯的, 柴耙
Kinmen 某, 家內, 太的
Penghu (Magong) 某, 牽手, 查某儂, 姿娘, 夫人, 家內, 柴耙
Penang (Hokkien) 某, 查某儂, 家後
Singapore (Hokkien) 某, 厝內, 厝內儂
Manila (Hokkien) 某, 牽手, 牽手的
Longyan 老婆
Zhangping 查某儂, 某
Zhangping (Yongfu) 查某, 老媽 non-face-to-face
Datian 老媽
Chaozhou 𡚸
Shantou 𡚸, 老婆
Shantou (Chenghai) 𡚸
Jieyang 𡚸
Puning 老, 老婆, 𡚸
Lufeng 𡚸
Haifeng 𡚸, 㜁𡚸
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 𡚸
Singapore (Teochew) 𡚸, 老婆
Leizhou 老婆, 婆
Wenchang 老婆
Haikou 老婆, 妰娝 dated
Qionghai 老婆
Puxian Min Putian 老媽, 姆, 嬸娘
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 老媽, 姆
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 老媽
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 老媽, 嬸娘, 姆
Xianyou 老媽, 老婆
Xianyou (Fengting) 老媽, 老婆
Xianyou (Youyang) 老媽
Central Min Yong'an 俺娘
Sanming (Sanyuan) 俺娘
Sanming (Shaxian) 阿娘
Shaojiang Min Shaowu 媽娘
Guangze 媽娘
Jiangle 老婆
Mingxi 阿娘
Shunchang 老婆
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 老婆
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 老婆, 女人
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 老婆
Lingchuan (Sanjie) 女人
Wu Shanghai 老婆, 太太, 妻子, 夫人, 內人, 女人, 家主婆, 屋裡個, 屋裡
Shanghai (Chongming) 女個, 屋裡, 女客, 女人
Suzhou 女人, 家小, 家主婆, 家婆, 屋裡, 老婆
Wuxi 老婆, 女人, 家主婆, 屋裡人
Danyang 女個, 老媽, 家裡
Hangzhou 老婆, 老娘, 女人, 女的, 屋裡, 屋裡廂
Shaoxing 老媽
Ningbo 老婆, 老𡢿, 女人, 屋裡人 dated
Wenzhou 老安, 老安人, 老人兒, 老人客, 老人, 屋裡
Jinhua 老婆, 窩裡
Jinhua (Tangxi) 老媽
Pucheng 老婆
Xiang Changsha 堂客, 內當家, 婆婆子
Xiangtan 堂客
Loudi 堂客, 婆娘, 老婆, 屋裡個, 他㑲娘
Shuangfeng 堂客, 老婆
Hengyang 堂客, 老婆 non-face-to-face
Quanzhou 老婆

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (夫人):

Others:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
夫 人
ふ
Grade: 4 		じん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

From Literary Chinese, literally “helping person”.[1][2]

Noun

夫(ふ)人(じん) • (fujin) 

  1. (honorific) (another person's) wife, married lady
    彼(かれ)は夫人(ふじん)をいっしょにつれてきた
    Kare wa fujin o issho ni tsurete-kita
    He was accompanied by his wife
  2. madam, Mrs.
    私(わたし)たちは劇場(げきじょう)でブラウン夫人(ふじん)に会(あ)った
    Watashitachi wa gekijō de Buraun fujin ni atta
    We met Mrs. Brown at the theater
  3. (archaic) wife of a nobleman
  4. (archaic) consort of the emperor

Synonyms

Derived terms

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Book of Rites, 曲禮下:
    天子之妃曰后，諸侯曰夫人，大夫曰孺人，士曰婦人，庶人曰妻。
  2. ^ Shiming, 釋親屬:
    諸侯之妃曰夫人，夫，扶也，扶助其君也。
  • 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
夫人

Noun

夫人 • (bu'in) (hangeul 부인)

  1. hanja form? of 부인 (“(honorific) (another person's) wife”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
夫人

Noun

夫人

  1. chữ Hán form of phu nhân (“lady”).
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