夫婦

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See also: 夫妇

Chinese

husband; man woman
trad. (夫婦)
simp. (夫妇)

Pronunciation


Noun

夫婦

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

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Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
ふう
Grade: 4

Grade: 5
kan'yōon

Pronunciation

Noun

(ふう)() (fūfu

  1. husband and wife, married couple, spouses, couple, pair
    Synonym: 夫妻 (fusai)
    その(ふう)()幸福(こうふく)生活(せいかつ)(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
Idioms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
Grade: 4 Grade: 5
irregular
Alternative spellings
妻夫
女夫

Pronunciation

Noun

夫婦(めおと) (meotoめをと (mewoto)?

  1. wife and husband
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
Grade: 4 Grade: 5
irregular
Alternative spellings
妻夫
女夫

Sound change from めおと.

Pronunciation

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
Grade: 4 Grade: 5
irregular
For pronunciation and definitions of 夫婦 – see the following entry.
夫妻おとめ
husband and wife
Alternative spelling
妻夫
(This term, 夫婦, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

夫婦 (bubu) (hangeul 부부)

  1. hanja form? of 부부 (couple, husband and wife)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

夫婦

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