夫妻

Chinese

husband; man wife; to marry off (a daughter)
simp. and trad.
(夫妻)		 夫 妻

Pronunciation

Noun

夫妻

  1. husband and wife; married couple (Classifier: 對／对)
    夫妻關係 / 夫妻关系  ―  fūqī guānxì  ―  marriage

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 兩公婆
Qujiang 兩公婆
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
Zhuolan (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、翁姐
Quanzhou 翁某、翁仔某
Zhangzhou 翁某、翁仔某、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

  • 一夜夫妻百夜恩
  • 一夜夫妻百日恩
  • 一日夫妻百日恩
  • 兒女夫妻／儿女夫妻
  • 夫妻兩口／夫妻两口
  • 夫妻反目
  • 夫妻店 (fūqīdiàn)
  • 夫妻本是同林鳥／夫妻本是同林鸟 (fūqī běn shì tóng lín niǎo)
  • 夫妻無隔宿之仇／夫妻无隔宿之仇
  • 夫妻相 (fūqīxiàng)
  • 夫妻肺片 (fūqīfèipiàn)
  • 夫妻財產制／夫妻财产制
  • 夫妻關係／夫妻关系
  • 恩愛夫妻不到頭／恩爱夫妻不到头
  • 患難夫妻／患难夫妻
  • 指腳夫妻／指脚夫妻
  • 柴米夫妻
  • 盤古氏夫妻／盘古氏夫妻
  • 空中夫妻
  • 結髮夫妻／结发夫妻
  • 綰角兒夫妻／绾角儿夫妻
  • 老夫妻
  • 花燭夫妻／花烛夫妻
  • 要作神仙眷屬，先作柴米夫妻／要作神仙眷属，先作柴米夫妻
  • 露水夫妻

See also

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
夫 妻
ふ
Grade: 4		 さい
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

夫妻 (hiragana ふさい, rōmaji fusai)

  1. a married couple, husband and wife, Mr. and Mrs.
    山田夫妻 (やまだふさい)は来月帰国 (らいげつきこく)します
    Yamada fusai wa raigetsu kikoku shimasu
    Mr. and Mrs. Yamada will come home next month
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
夫 妻
Grade: 4 Grade: 5
Irregular

Sound change from をひと (男人) め (妻).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. husband and wife

References

  1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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