婦人

See also: 妇人

Chinese

		woman	man; person; people
trad. (婦人)		婦	人
simp. (妇人)		妇	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fùrén

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁵ jan⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fu-ngìn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hū-jîn / hū-lîn / hǔ-lîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fùrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fùrén
  - Wade–Giles: fu⁴-jên²
  - Yale: fù-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuhren
  - Palladius: фужэнь (fužɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu⁵ jan⁴
  - Yale: fúh yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁵ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu⁵ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː¹³ jɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fu-ngìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: fu ngin^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fu⁴ ngin²
  - Sinological IPA: /fu⁵⁵ ŋin¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hū-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: hū-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huxjiin
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu³³⁻²¹ zin²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu²²⁻²¹ d͡zin¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hū-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: hū-lîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huxliin
  - IPA (Taipei): /hu³³⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hu²²⁻²¹ lin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǔ-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: hǔ-lîn
  - IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /hu³³⁻²² lin²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hu²² lin²⁴/

Middle Chinese: bjuwX nyin

Rime
Character	婦	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	房久切	如鄰切
Baxter	bjuwX	nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨu^X/	/ȵiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/biu^X/	/ȵin/
Shao Rongfen	/biəu^X/	/ȵʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buw^X/	/ȵin/
Li Rong	/biu^X/	/ȵiĕn/
Wang Li	/bĭəu^X/	/ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ə̯u^X/	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fòu	rén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fau⁶	jan⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*mə.bəʔ ni[ŋ]/

(Zhengzhang): /*bɯʔ njin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	婦	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fù	rén
Middle Chinese	‹ bjuw^X ›	‹ nyin ›
Old Chinese	/mə.bəʔ/ (or tsə.-? see Min)	/*ni[ŋ]/
English	woman, wife	(other) person
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	婦	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	17550	10800
Phonetic component	帚	人
Rime group	之	眞
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	婦	仁
Old Chinese	/*bɯʔ/	/*njin/

Noun

婦人

(married) woman (Classifier: 位; 個／个)
(archaic) wife of a yeoman (士 (shì))

Synonyms

(married woman): (Hakka) 餔娘人／𫗦娘人, 婦人家／妇人家 (fùrénjia); (Hokkien) 婦人人／妇人人

Derived terms

婦人之仁 / 妇人之仁 (fùrénzhīrén)
婦人之言不可聽 / 妇人之言不可听
婦人家 / 妇人家 (fùrénjia)
婦人生鬚 / 妇人生须
婦人長舌 / 妇人长舌
小婦人 / 小妇人
老婦人 / 老妇人 (lǎofùrén)
謀及婦人 / 谋及妇人
醇酒婦人 / 醇酒妇人

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (婦人):

→ Japanese: 婦(ふ)人(じん) (fujin)
→ Korean: 부인(婦人) (bu'in)
→ Vietnamese: phu nhân (婦人)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
婦	人
ふ Grade: 5	じん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ふじん [fùjíń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ʑĩɴ]

Noun

婦(ふ)人(じん) • (fujin)

(another person's) wife
madam; ma'am

References

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
婦	人

Noun

婦人 • (bu'in) (hangeul 부인)

hanja form^? of 부인 (“madam; ma'am”)