夫妻

Chinese

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

Etymology

Dvandva of 夫 (fū, “husband”) + 妻 (qī, “wife”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): fūqī

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨ ㄑㄧ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fu¹ qi¹

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fu¹ cai¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): fu¹ tai¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): fu¹ qi
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fû-chhî
• Eastern Min (BUC): hŭ-chă̤
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hu-chhe / hu-chhoe
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹fu-chi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fūqī
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨ ㄑㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fuci
    • Wade–Giles: fu¹-chʻi¹
    • Yale: fū-chī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuchi
    • Palladius: фуци (fuci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: fu¹ qi¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fu ki
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu¹ cai¹
    • Yale: fū chāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹ tsai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu¹ cei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: fu¹ tai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³³ tʰai³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: fu¹ qi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁴² t͡ɕʰi²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fû-chhî
    • Hakka Romanization System: fu^ˊ qi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fu¹ qi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hŭ-chă̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hu⁵⁵ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒɛ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu-chhe
    • Tâi-lô: hu-tshe
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huzhef
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hu⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hu³³ t͡sʰe³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hu⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu-chhoe
    • Tâi-lô: hu-tshue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huzhoef
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hu³³ t͡sʰue³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹fu-chi
    • MiniDict: fu^平 chi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹fu-qi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /fu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹/

Noun

夫妻

1. husband and wife; married couple (Classifier: 對／对)

   夫妻關係／夫妻关系  ―  fūqī guānxì  ―  husband-wife relationship

   增進夫妻感情的方式 [MSC, trad.]
   增进夫妻感情的方式 [MSC, simp.]

   zēngjìn fūqī gǎnqíng de fāngshì [Pinyin]

   ways to enhance the relationship between husband and wife

Synonyms

• 伴侶／伴侣 (bànlǚ)

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
	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
	Xianyou	老公媽
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

• 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
• 半糖夫妻 (bàntáng fūqī)
• 半路夫妻 (bànlù fūqī)
• 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)
• 夫妻檔／夫妻档 (fūqīdàng)
• 夫妻無隔宿之仇／夫妻无隔宿之仇
• 夫妻相 (fūqīxiàng)
• 夫妻老婆店 (fūqīlǎopodiàn)
• 夫妻肺片 (fūqīfèipiàn)
• 夫妻財產制／夫妻财产制
• 夫妻關係／夫妻关系
• 夫妻魚／夫妻鱼 (fūqīyú)
• 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 (jiéfà fūqī)
• 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

• 夫夫 (fūfū)
• 妻妻 (qīqī)

Japanese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふさい [fúꜜsàì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) ふさい [fùsáꜜì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟sa̠i]

Noun

夫(ふ)妻(さい) • (fusai) 

1. a married couple, husband and wife, Mr. and Mrs.

   Synonym: 夫婦 (fūfu)

   山(やま)田夫(だふ)妻(さい)は来月(らいげつ)帰(き)国(こく)します

   Yamada fusai wa raigetsu kikoku shimasu

   Mr. and Mrs. Yamada will come home next month

Etymology 2

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

Alternative spellings
夫婦 妻夫

Sound change from をひと (男人) め (妻).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [o̞to̞me̞]

Noun

夫妻(おとめ) • (otome) ^{←をとめ (wotome)?}

1. husband and wife

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
夫	妻

Noun

夫妻 • (bucheo) (hangeul 부처)

1. hanja form^? of 부처 (“married couple”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
夫	妻

Noun

夫妻

1. chữ Hán form of phu thê (“married couple”).