夫人

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Chinese

husband; man man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(夫人)
anagram 人夫
Literally: “man['s] person”.

Pronunciation


Noun

(deprecated template usage) 夫人

  1. (polite) lady; madam; Mrs. (Classifier: )
    夫人夫人  ―  Wáng fūrén lái le.  ―  Mrs. Wang has arrived.
  2. (historical) wife (of a feudal lord)
  3. (historical, Han dynasty) wife (of a man of the gentry)
  4. (historical) concubine (of a monarch)

Synonyms

  • (wife):

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (夫人):
  • Thai: ฮูหยิน (huu-yǐn)
  • Derived terms

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    Japanese

    Kanji in this term

    Grade: 4
    じん
    Grade: 1
    on'yomi

    Etymology

    From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Literary Chinese, literally “helping person”.[1][2]

    Noun

    ()(じん) (fujin

    1. (honorific) (another person's) wife, married lady
      • 彼は夫人をいっしょにつれてきた
        かれはふじんをいっしょにつれてきた
        kare wa fujin o issho nitsurete kita
        He was accompanied by his wife
    2. madam, Mrs.
      • 私たちは劇場でブラウン夫人に会った
        わたしたちはげきじょうでブラウンふじんにあった
        watashitachi wa gekijō de Buraun fujin ni atta
        We met Mrs. Brown at the theater
    3. (archaic) wife of a nobleman
    4. (archaic) consort of the emperor

    Synonyms

    Derived terms

    References

    1. ^ Book of Rites, 曲禮下:
      天子之妃曰后,諸侯曰夫人,大夫曰孺人,士曰婦人,庶人曰妻。
    2. ^ Shiming, 釋親屬:
      諸侯之妃曰夫人,夫,扶也,扶助其君也。
    • 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

    Noun

    夫人 (bu'in) (hangeul 부인)

    1. Hanja form? of 부인 ((honorific) (another person's) wife).

    Vietnamese

    chữ Hán Nôm in this term

    Noun

    夫人

    1. chữ Hán form of phu nhân (lady).