夫人
Chinese
husband; man | man; person; people | ||
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simp. and trad. (夫人) |
夫 | 人 | |
anagram | 人夫 | ||
Literally: “man['s] person”. |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): fu1 jan4 / fu1 jan4-2
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fû-ngìn
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hu-lîn / hu-jîn
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄨ ㄖㄣˊ → ㄈㄨ ˙ㄖㄣ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: fure̊n
- Wade–Giles: fu1-jên5
- Yale: fū-ren
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fu.ren
- Palladius: фужэнь (fužɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fu⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/ → /fu⁵⁵ ʐən²/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fu1 jan4 / fu1 jan4-2
- Yale: fū yàhn / fū yán
- Cantonese Pinyin: fu1 jan4 / fu1 jan4-2
- Guangdong Romanization: fu1 yen4 / fu1 yen4-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /fuː⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/, /fuː⁵⁵ jɐn²¹⁻³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fû-ngìn
- Hakka Romanization System: fu´ nginˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: fu1 ngin2
- Sinological IPA: /fu²⁴ ŋin¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu-lîn
- Tâi-lô: hu-lîn
- Phofsit Daibuun: huliin
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hu³³ lin²⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /hu⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /hu⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu-jîn
- Tâi-lô: hu-jîn
- Phofsit Daibuun: hujiin
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zin¹³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 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
- (wife):
Descendants
Derived terms
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Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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夫 | 人 |
ふ Grade: 4 |
じん Grade: 1 |
on'yomi |
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Literary Chinese, literally “helping person”.[1][2]
Noun
- (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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Derived terms
Derived terms
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 | |
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夫 | 人 |
Noun
Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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夫 | 人 |
Noun
夫人
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