夫婦

See also: 夫妇

Chinese

		husband; man	woman
trad. (夫婦)		夫	婦
simp. (夫妇)		夫	妇

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fūfù

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨㄈㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹ fu⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fû-fu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hu-hǔ / hu-hū

(Teochew, Peng'im): hu¹ hu⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fūfù
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨㄈㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fufù
  - Wade–Giles: fu¹-fu⁴
  - Yale: fū-fù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fufuh
  - Palladius: фуфу (fufu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵⁵ fu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu¹ fu⁵
  - Yale: fū fúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹ fu⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu¹ fu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵ fuː¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fû-fu
  - Hakka Romanization System: fu^ˊ fu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fu¹ fu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /fu²⁴⁻¹¹ fu⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu-hǔ
  - Tâi-lô: hu-hǔ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hu³³ hu²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu-hū
  - Tâi-lô: hu-hū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hu'hu
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hu⁴⁴⁻³³ hu³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hu⁴⁴⁻²² hu²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hu¹ hu⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hu hŭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hu³³⁻²³ hu³⁵/

Noun

夫婦

(collective) husband and wife; married couple (Classifier: 對／对 m)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 夫妻 (“husband and wife”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		夫妻, 夫婦, 伉儷
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	兩口子, 兩口兒, 公母倆
	Taiwan	夫妻, 兩夫妻
	Langfang	兩口子
	Harbin	兩口子, 公母倆
	Singapore	夫妻, 夫婦, 兩公婆
Jilu Mandarin	Tangshan	兩口子
	Cangzhou	兩口子
	Baoding	兩口子
	Shijiazhuang	兩口子
	Jinan	兩口子, 兩口兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	老婆漢子, 漢子老婆倆兒, 兩口家, 兩口子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	夫婦, 夫妻倆, 兩口
	Daming	兩口子
	Wanrong	婆夫, 婆夫倆
	Xi'an	兩口子
	Xining	兩口兒, 兩口兒子
	Xuzhou	公母倆兒, 公母倆
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	夫妻, 兩口子
	Lanzhou	夫妻兩個
	Ürümqi	夫妻, 夫妻倆兒, 夫妻兩個, 兩夫妻, 兩口子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	夫妻, 兩夫妻, 兩口子
	Wuhan	夫妻, 夫妻伙裡, 兩口子
	Guiyang	兩夫妻, 兩口子
	Liuzhou	兩口子, 兩公婆
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	夫妻, 夫妻兩個
	Yangzhou	夫妻, 夫妻兩個
	Hefei	夫妻
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, Xiangzhou)	兩公婆
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; 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
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	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
Eastern Min	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, 翁某
Puxian Min	Xianyou	老公媽, 翁某
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
	Hengyang	兩公婆

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
kan'yōon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ふうふ [fúꜜùfù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ːɸɯ̟]

Noun

夫(ふう)婦(ふ) • (fūfu)

husband and wife, married couple, spouses, couple, pair
Synonym: 夫妻 (fusai)

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.

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

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)円満(えんまん) (fūfuenman)
夫(ふう)婦(ふ)間(かん) (fūfukan)
夫(ふう)婦(ふ)関係(かんけい) (fūfukankei)
夫(ふう)婦(ふ)喧(げん)嘩(か) (fūfugenka)
夫(ふう)婦(ふ)生(せい)活(かつ) (fūfuseikatsu)
夫(ふう)婦(ふ)共稼(ともかせ)ぎ (fūfutomokasegi)
夫(ふう)婦(ふ)仲(なか) (fūfunaka)
夫(ふう)婦(ふ)別(わか)れ (fūfuwakare)
夫(ふう)婦別姓(ふうべっせい) (fūfūbessei)
夫(ふう)婦約束(ふやくそく) (fūfuyakusoku)
夫(ふう)婦(ふ)養(よう)子(し) (fūfuyōshi)
夫(ふう)婦連(ふづ)れ (fūfuzure)
仮(か)面(めん)夫(ふう)婦(ふ) (kamenfūfu)
熟(じゅく)年(ねん)夫(ふう)婦(ふ) (jukunenfūfu)
蚤(のみ)の夫(ふう)婦(ふ) (nomi no fūfu)
老夫(ろうふう)婦(ふ) (rōfūfu)
若夫(わかふう)婦(ふ) (wakafūfu)

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)婦気取(ふきど)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

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
夫	婦
Grade: 4	Grade: 5
irregular

Alternative spellings
妻夫女夫

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) めおと [mèótó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [me̞o̞to̞]

Noun

夫婦(めおと) • (meoto) ^{←めをと (mewoto)^?}

wife and husband

Derived terms

夫婦(めおと)茶(ちゃ)碗(わん) (meotochawan)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
夫	婦
Grade: 4	Grade: 5
irregular

Alternative spellings
妻夫女夫

Sound change from めおと.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) みょーと [myòótó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [mʲo̞ːto̞]

Noun

夫婦(みょうと) • (myōto) ^{←めうと (meuto)^?}

married woman and man, wife and husband

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
夫	婦
Grade: 4	Grade: 5
irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 夫婦 – see the following entry.

【夫妻おとめ】

[noun] husband and wife

Alternative spelling
妻夫

(This term, 夫婦, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
夫	婦

Noun

夫婦 • (bubu) (hangeul 부부)

hanja form^? of 부부 (“couple, husband and wife”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
夫	婦

Noun

夫婦

chữ Hán form of phu phụ (“married couple”)

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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