Chinese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
(Sense 3) dvandva of 夫 (fū, “husband”) + 夫 (fū, “husband”), following the pattern of 夫妻 (fūqī, “husband and wife, married (straight) couple”)
Pronunciation[edit]
夫夫
- (literary) everyone
- (Wu) paternal uncle (husband of father's sister)
- (slang, neologism) husband and husband; gay male couple
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of
姑父 (“paternal uncle (husband of father's sister)”)
[map]
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
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| Classical Chinese
|
姑夫, 姑丈
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
姑父, 姑夫, 姑丈
|
| Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
姑父
|
| Taiwan
|
姑丈
|
| Harbin
|
姑父
|
| Yantai (Muping)
|
姑父
|
| Jinan
|
姑父
|
| Luoyang
|
姑父
|
| Wanrong
|
姑父
|
| Xi'an
|
姑父
|
| Yinchuan
|
姑爹
|
| Lanzhou
|
姑爹
|
| Xining
|
姑夫
|
| Ürümqi
|
姑父
|
| Wuhan
|
姑爹
|
| Chengdu
|
姑爹, 姑爺
|
| Guiyang
|
姑爹
|
| Liuzhou
|
姑爹
|
| Xuzhou
|
姑父
|
| Yangzhou
|
姑父
|
| Nanjing
|
姑爹
|
| Hefei
|
姑爺
|
| Nantong
|
姑夫, 姑爹
|
| Singapore
|
姑丈
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
姑丈
|
| Hong Kong
|
姑丈
|
| Taishan
|
阿丈, 丈
|
| Dongguan
|
姑丈
|
| Yangjiang
|
姑爺
|
| Nanning
|
姑丈
|
| Wuzhou
|
姑丈
|
| Yulin
|
姑丈
|
| Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
姑丈
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
姑丈
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
姑丈
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
姑爹, 姑爺
|
| Lichuan
|
姑父
|
| Pingxiang
|
姑爺
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
姑丈
|
| Yudu
|
姑丈
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
姑丈
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
姑丈
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
姑丈
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
姑丈
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
姑丈
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
姑丈
|
| Senai (Huiyang)
|
姑爺
|
| Singkawang
|
姑丈
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
姑夫
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
姑父
|
| Xinzhou
|
姑父
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
姑丈
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
姑丈, 姑夫, 姑爹 suburbs
|
| Fuqing
|
姑丈
|
| Matsu
|
姑丈
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
姑丈, 阿丈
|
| Quanzhou
|
姑丈
|
| Zhangzhou
|
姑丈
|
| Taipei
|
姑丈
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
姑丈
|
| Kaohsiung
|
姑丈
|
| Yilan
|
姑丈
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
姑丈
|
| Taichung
|
姑丈
|
| Tainan
|
姑丈, 阿丈仔
|
| Hsinchu
|
姑丈
|
| Kinmen
|
姑丈
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
姑丈
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
姑丈
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
姑丈
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
姑丈
|
| Chaozhou
|
姑丈, 阿丈
|
| Shantou
|
姑丈
|
| Haifeng
|
姑丈
|
| Bangkok (Teochew)
|
姑丈
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
姑丈
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
姑丈, 阿丈
|
| Leizhou
|
尼丈, 丈
|
| Haikou
|
姑爹
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Sanxiang
|
姑丈
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
姑丈
|
| Shehua
|
Fu'an
|
姑丈
|
| Fuding
|
姑丈
|
| Luoyuan
|
姑丈
|
| Sanming
|
姑丈
|
| Shunchang
|
姑丈
|
| Hua'an
|
姑丈
|
| Guixi (Zhangping)
|
姑丈
|
| Cangnan
|
姑丈
|
| Jingning
|
姑丈
|
| Lishui
|
姑丈
|
| Longyou
|
姑丈
|
| Chaozhou
|
姑丈
|
| Fengshun
|
姑丈
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
姑夫, 夫夫
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
姑夫
|
| Suzhou
|
姑夫, 夫夫
|
| Danyang
|
親爹, 姑夫
|
| Hangzhou
|
乾爺, 姑夫, 姑丈
|
| Ningbo
|
姑丈
|
| Wenzhou
|
夫爺
|
| Jinhua
|
姑夫
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
姑爺子, 姑爺, 姑爹
|
| Xiangtan
|
姑爺子
|
| Loudi
|
大爺, 姑爺子
|
| Shuangfeng
|
大爺, 姑爺
|
Antonyms[edit]
- (antonym(s) of “husband and husband”): 妻妻 (qīqī)
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
夫夫
- (literary) this man
