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. 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, 公母倆
Taiwan 夫妻, 兩夫妻
Jinan 兩口子
Xi'an 兩口子
Wuhan 夫妻, 夫妻伙裡
Chengdu 兩夫妻, 兩口子
Yangzhou 夫妻
Hefei 夫妻
Cantonese Guangzhou 兩公婆, 公婆
Hong Kong 兩公婆
Taishan 兩公婆
Yangjiang 兩公婆, 公婆
Gan Nanchang 兩媽老子, 兩公婆
Hakka Meixian 兩公婆, 公婆
Xingning 兩公婆
Huidong (Daling) 兩公婆
Qujiang 兩公婆
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 兩公婆
Changting 兩公婆
Pingyu 兩公婆
Wuping 兩公婆
Liancheng 兩公婆
Ruijin 兩公婆, 兩老子
Shicheng 兩公婆
Shangyou 兩公婆
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老仔, 兩老
Liudui (S. Sixian) 兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老仔, 兩老
Hsinchu (Hailu) 兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老
Dongshi (Dabu) 兩公姐, 公婆, 兩老
Hsinchu (Raoping) 兩公姐, 兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 兩公姐, 公姐, 兩老
Jin Taiyuan 夫妻, 兩口子
Min Bei Jian'ou 兩老, 兩老媽
Min Dong Fuzhou 老公媽
Matsu 老公媽
Min Nan Xiamen 翁某, 翁仔某, 翁婆, 翁姐
Quanzhou 翁某, 翁仔某
Jinjiang 翁某仔
Zhangzhou 翁某, 翁仔某, 翁婆, 翁姐
Taipei 翁仔某
Kaohsiung 翁仔某
Tainan 翁仔某
Taichung 翁仔某
Hsinchu 翁仔某
Lukang 翁某
Sanxia 翁仔某
Yilan 翁仔某
Kinmen 翁仔某
Magong 翁仔某
Penang 翁某
Philippines (Manila) 翁某仔
Chaozhou 翁姐
Wu Shanghai 夫妻
Suzhou 夫妻, 兩夫妻
Wenzhou 兩夫妻, 兩老
Xiang Changsha 兩公婆, 兩夫婦
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
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

夫婦 (hiragana ふうふ, rōmaji fūfu)

  1. husband and wife, married couple, spouses, couple, pair
    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.
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 (えん)満 (まん) (fūfuenman)
  • 夫 (ふう)婦 (ふ)間 (かん) (fūfukan)
  • 夫 (ふう)婦 (ふ)関 (かん)係 (けい) (fūfukankei)
  • 夫 (ふう)婦 (ふ)喧 (げん)嘩 (か) (fūfugenka)
  • 夫婦生活 (ふうふせいかつ) (fūfuseikatsu)
  • 夫婦共稼 (ふうふともかせ)ぎ (fūfutomokasegi)
  • 夫婦仲 (ふうふなか) (fūfunaka)
  • 夫婦別 (ふうふわか)れ (fūfuwakare)
  • 夫 (ふう)婦 (ふう)別 (べっ)姓 (せい) (fūfūbessei)
  • 夫婦約束 (ふうふやくそく) (fūfuyakusoku)
  • 夫 (ふう)婦 (ふ)養 (よう)子 (し) (fūfuyōshi)
  • 夫 (ふう)婦 (ふ)連 (づ)れ (fūfuzure)
  • 仮 (か)面 (めん)夫 (ふう)婦 (ふ) (kamenfūfu)
  • 熟年夫婦 (じゅくねんふうふ) (jukunenfūfu)
  • 蚤 (のみ)の夫 (ふう)婦 (ふ) (nomi no fūfu)
  • 老 (ろう)夫 (ふう)婦 (ふ) (rōfūfu)
  • 若夫婦 (わかふうふ) (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 (ふ)気 (き)取 (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
Synonyms
Synonyms

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
夫 婦
Grade: 4 Grade: 5
Irregular

Pronunciation
  • (Irregular reading)

Alternative forms
  • 女夫
  • 妻夫

Noun

夫婦 (hiragana めおと, rōmaji meoto, historical hiragana めをと)

  1. wife and husband
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 夫婦茶碗 (めおとちゃわん) (meotochawan)

Etymology 3
Kanji in this term
夫 婦
Grade: 4 Grade: 5
Irregular

Sound change from めおと.

Pronunciation
  • (Irregular reading)

Noun

夫婦 (hiragana みょうと, rōmaji myōto, historical hiragana めうと)

  1. married woman and man, wife and husband

Etymology 4
Kanji in this term
夫 婦
Grade: 4 Grade: 5
Irregular

Sound change from をひと (男人) め (妻).

Pronunciation
  • (Irregular reading)
    • IPA(key): [o̞to̞me̞]

Alternative forms

Noun

夫婦 (hiragana おとめ, rōmaji otome, historical hiragana をとめ)

  1. Alternative spelling of 夫妻

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), 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”).
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