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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
夫婦
- (collective) husband and wife; married couple (Classifier: 對／对 m)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
夫妻 (“husband and wife”)
| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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夫妻, 夫婦, 伉儷
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| Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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兩口子, 兩口兒, 公母倆
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| Taiwan
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夫妻, 兩夫妻
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| Langfang
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兩口子
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| Harbin
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兩口子, 公母倆
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| Singapore
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夫妻, 夫婦, 兩公婆
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| Jilu Mandarin
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Tangshan
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兩口子
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| Cangzhou
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兩口子
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| Baoding
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兩口子
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| Shijiazhuang
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兩口子
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| Jinan
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兩口子, 兩口兒
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| Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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老婆漢子, 漢子老婆倆兒, 兩口家, 兩口子
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| Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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夫婦, 夫妻倆, 兩口
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| Daming
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兩口子
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| Wanrong
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婆夫, 婆夫倆
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| Xi'an
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兩口子
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| Xining
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兩口兒, 兩口兒子
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| Xuzhou
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公母倆兒, 公母倆
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| Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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夫妻, 兩口子
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| Lanzhou
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夫妻兩個
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| Ürümqi
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夫妻, 夫妻倆兒, 夫妻兩個, 兩夫妻, 兩口子
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| Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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夫妻, 兩夫妻, 兩口子
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| Wuhan
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夫妻, 夫妻伙裡, 兩口子
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| Guiyang
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兩夫妻, 兩口子
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| Liuzhou
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兩口子, 兩公婆
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| Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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夫妻, 夫妻兩個
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| Yangzhou
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夫妻, 夫妻兩個
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| Hefei
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夫妻
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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兩公婆, 公婆
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| Hong Kong
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兩公婆, 夫妻, 兩夫妻, 夫婦, 兩夫婦
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| Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
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兩公婆
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| Macau
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兩公婆
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| Guangzhou (Panyu)
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兩公婆
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| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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兩公婆
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| Guangzhou (Conghua)
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兩公婆
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| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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兩公婆
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| Foshan
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兩公婆
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| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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兩公婆
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| Foshan (Shunde)
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兩公婆
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| Foshan (Sanshui)
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兩公婆
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| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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兩公婆
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| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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兩公婆
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| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
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兩公婆
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| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
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兩公婆
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| Zhuhai (Doumen)
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兩公婆
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| Jiangmen (Baisha)
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兩公婆
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| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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兩公婆
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| Taishan
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兩公婆
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| Kaiping (Chikan)
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兩公婆
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| Enping (Niujiang)
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兩公婆
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| Heshan (Yayao)
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兩公婆
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| Dongguan
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兩公婆, 夫妻
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| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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兩公婆
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| Yangjiang
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兩公婆, 公婆
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| Singapore (Guangfu)
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兩公婆
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| Gan
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Nanchang
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兩媽老子, 兩公婆, 夫妻
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| Lichuan
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兩公婆兒, 兩公婆
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| Pingxiang
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兩公婆
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| Hakka
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Meixian
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兩公婆, 兩老貨, 公婆
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| Xingning
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兩公婆
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| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
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兩公婆
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| Huidong (Daling)
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兩公婆
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| Dongguan (Qingxi)
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兩公婆
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| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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兩公婆
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| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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兩公婆
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| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
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兩公婆
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| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
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兩公婆
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| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
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兩公婆
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| Changting
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兩公婆
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| Wuping
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兩公婆
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| Wuping (Pingyu)
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兩公婆
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| Liancheng
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兩公婆
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| Yudu
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公婆, 公婆兩
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| Ruijin
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兩公婆, 兩老子
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| Shicheng
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兩公婆
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| Shangyou (Shexi)
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兩公婆
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| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老仔, 兩老
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| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老仔, 兩老
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老
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| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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兩公姐, 公婆, 兩老
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| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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兩公姐, 兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老
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| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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兩公姐, 公姐, 兩老
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| Huizhou
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Jixi
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夫妻, 老官老嫗
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| Jin
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Taiyuan
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夫妻, 兩口子, 夫婦倆個
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| Xinzhou
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婆姨漢子, 老婆漢子, 婆姨漢子兩個, 老婆漢子兩個
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| Zhangjiakou
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兩口子
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| Handan
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兩口子
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| Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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兩老, 兩老媽
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| Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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老公媽, 老公媽兩隻
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| Matsu
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老公媽
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
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翁某, 翁仔某, 翁婆, 翁姐
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| Quanzhou
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翁某, 翁仔某
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| Jinjiang
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翁某仔
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| Anxi
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翁某
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| Zhangzhou
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翁某, 翁仔某, 翁婆, 翁姐
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| Taipei
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翁仔某
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| New Taipei (Sanxia)
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翁仔某
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| Kaohsiung
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翁仔某
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| Yilan
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翁仔某
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| Changhua (Lukang)
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翁某
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| Taichung
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翁仔某
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| Tainan
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翁仔某
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| Hsinchu
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翁仔某
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| Kinmen
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翁仔某
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| Penghu (Magong)
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翁仔某
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| Penang (Hokkien)
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翁某
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| Singapore (Hokkien)
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翁某
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| Manila (Hokkien)
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翁某仔
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| Chaozhou
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翁姐, 兩公婆
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| Leizhou
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翁婆, 兩翁婆, 公婆, 兩公婆
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| Haikou
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爹姩, 兩爹姩, 爹姩兩儂
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| Puxian Min
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Putian
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老公媽, 翁某
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| Xianyou
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老公媽, 翁某
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| Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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兩公婆
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| Wu
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Shanghai
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夫妻, 夫妻兩家頭, 夫妻兩個
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| Shanghai (Chongming)
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夫妻, 夫妾, 夫妻兩, 夫妾兩
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| Suzhou
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夫妻, 兩夫妻, 夫妻兩家頭
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| Danyang
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婆老兩個
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| Hangzhou
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夫妻
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| Ningbo
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夫妻, 兩老頭, 兩公婆, 兩夫妻
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| Wenzhou
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兩夫妻, 兩老, 兩老兒
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| Jinhua
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公婆兩兒, 公婆兩個, 夫妻
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| Xiang
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Changsha
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兩公婆, 兩夫婦, 兩夫妻
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| Loudi
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夫妻
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| Shuangfeng
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兩公婆, 兩夫婦
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| Hengyang
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兩公婆
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Derived terms
Japanese
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
夫婦 • (fūfu)
- husband and wife, married couple, spouses, couple, pair
- Synonym: 夫妻 (fusai)
- その夫婦は幸福な生活を送った。
- 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
Idioms
Idioms
- 鴛鴦り夫婦 (oshidori fūfu): literally "couple of ducks", loving couple, couple of lovebirds, happily married couple
- 夫婦気取り (fūfu kidori): literally "assume airs of a married couple", behaving as if they were a married couple
- 夫婦の縁を結ぶ (fūfu no en o musubu): literally "tie the bonds of husband and wife", get married
- 夫婦の仲を裂く (fūfu no naka o saku): literally "split the relationship of husband and wife", bring about marital separation
Etymology 2
| Alternative spellings
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妻夫
女夫
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Pronunciation
Noun
夫婦 • (meoto) ←めをと (mewoto)?
- wife and husband
Derived terms
Etymology 3
| Alternative spellings
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妻夫
女夫
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Sound change from めおと.
Pronunciation
Noun
夫婦 • (myōto) ←めうと (meuto)?
- married woman and man, wife and husband
Etymology 4
| For pronunciation and definitions of 夫婦 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 夫婦, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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References
Korean
Noun
夫婦 • (bubu) (hangeul 부부)
- hanja form? of 부부 (“couple, husband and wife”)
Vietnamese
Noun
夫婦
- chữ Hán form of phu phụ (“married couple”).