情婦

See also: 情妇

Chinese

		feeling; emotion; passion feeling; emotion; passion; situation	woman
trad. (情婦)		情	婦
simp. (情妇)		情	妇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qíngfù

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): cing⁴ fu⁵

  (Dongguan, Jyutping++): ceang⁴ fu³

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chêng-hū / chêng-hǔ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qíngfù
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíngfù
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing²-fu⁴
    • Yale: chíng-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyngfuh
    • Palladius: цинфу (cinfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ fu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing⁴ fu⁵
    • Yale: chìhng fúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing⁴ fu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing⁴ fu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ fuː¹³/
  • (Dongguan, Guancheng)
    • Jyutping++: ceang⁴ fu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰəŋ²¹ fu³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-hū
    • Tâi-lô: tsîng-hū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zenghu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² hu²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²³⁻³³ hu³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ¹³⁻²² hu²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-hǔ
    • Tâi-lô: tsîng-hǔ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² hu²²/

Noun

情婦

1. mistress; paramour; the other woman

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 情婦 (“mistress; paramour; the other woman”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		姘婦, 情婦
Cantonese	Guangzhou	契家婆
	Dongguan	契家婆, 情婦
Gan	Nanchang	野老婆
	Pingxiang	野老婆
Southern Min	Xiamen	契兄婆, 婊婆
	Taipei	夥計
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	夥計
	Kaohsiung	夥計
	Yilan	夥計
	Changhua (Lukang)	夥計
	Taichung	夥計仔
	Tainan	夥計, 契兄婆 GT, 包飼的 GT
	Hsinchu	夥計
	Kinmen	鬥頭
	Penghu (Magong)	鬥頭
	Leizhou	契家婆
Xiang	Changsha	野老婆
	Loudi	野老婆

See also

• 情夫 (qíngfū)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
情	婦
じょう Grade: 5	ふ Grade: 5
goon	kan'yōon

Etymology

First cited to the early 1900s.

Probably ultimately from Middle Chinese compound 情婦 (MC dzjeng bjuwX). Compare modern Mandarin 情婦／情妇 (qíngfù).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じょーふ [jóꜜòfù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːɸɯ̟]

Noun

情(じょう)婦(ふ) • (jōfu) 

1. (dated) a female lover, a female fling, a mistress

Usage notes

Specifically refers to an extramarital female lover.

Somewhat dated overtones. Often used to refer to a criminal's or player's lover; compare English moll.

Synonyms

• 隠(かく)し女(おんな) (kakushi onna): literally hidden woman
• 色(いろ)女(おんな) (iro onna): literally "colorful" woman (alluding to a sexual relationship)
• 愛(あい)人(じん) (aijin): a lover (often, but not necessarily, refers to an extramarital relationship)

Related terms

• 情(じょう)夫(ふ) (jōfu): a male lover, a male fling (specifically refers to an extramarital male lover)