夫人
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Chinese[edit]
husband; man | man; person; people | ||
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simp. and trad. (夫人) |
夫 | 人 | |
anagram | 人夫 | ||
Literally: “man['s] person”. |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
夫人
- (polite) lady; madam; Mrs. (Classifier: 位)
- (historical) wife (of a feudal lord)
- (historical, Han dynasty) wife (of a man of the gentry)
- (historical) concubine (of a monarch)
Synonyms[edit]
- (wife):
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms from 夫人
Descendants[edit]
Others:
Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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夫 | 人 |
ふ Grade: 4 |
じん Grade: 1 |
on’yomi |
Etymology[edit]
From Literary Chinese, literally “helping person”.[1][2]
Noun[edit]
- (honorific) (another person's) wife, married lady
- 彼は夫人をいっしょにつれてきた
- Kare wa fujin o issho ni tsurete-kita
- He was accompanied by his wife
- 彼は夫人をいっしょにつれてきた
- madam, Mrs.
- 私たちは劇場でブラウン夫人に会った
- Watashitachi wa gekijō de Buraun fujin ni atta
- We met Mrs. Brown at the theater
- 私たちは劇場でブラウン夫人に会った
- (archaic) wife of a nobleman
- (archaic) consort of the emperor
Synonyms[edit]
- 奥方 (okugata)
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
References[edit]
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
Korean[edit]
Hanja in this term | |
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夫 | 人 |
Noun[edit]
Vietnamese[edit]
Hán tự in this term | |
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夫 | 人 |
Noun[edit]
夫人
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