夫夫

Chinese

Etymology 1

		husband; man	husband; man
simp. and trad. (夫夫)		夫	夫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fūfū

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨ ㄈㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹ fu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fūfū
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨ ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fufu
    • Wade–Giles: fu¹-fu¹
    • Yale: fū-fū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fufu
    • Palladius: фуфу (fufu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵⁵ fu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fu¹ fu¹
    • Yale: fū fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹ fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu¹ fu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵ fuː⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 呼呼 夫夫

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 夫夫

1. (literary) everyone
2. (Wu, including Suzhounese) paternal uncle (husband of father's sister)
3. (slang, neologism) husband and husband; gay male couple

Antonyms

• (husband and husband): 妻妻 (qīqī)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 姑父 (“paternal uncle (husband of father's sister)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		姑夫, 姑丈
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		姑父, 姑夫, 姑丈
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	姑父
	Taiwan	姑丈
	Harbin	姑父
	Singapore	姑丈
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	姑父
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	姑父
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	姑父
	Wanrong	姑父
	Xi'an	姑父
	Xining	姑夫
	Xuzhou	姑父
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	姑爹
	Lanzhou	姑爹
	Ürümqi	姑父
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	姑爹, 姑爺
	Wuhan	姑爹
	Guiyang	姑爹
	Liuzhou	姑爹
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	姑爹
	Yangzhou	姑父
	Nantong	姑夫, 姑爹
	Hefei	姑爺
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 (Hexi)	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

Etymology 2

		this	husband; man
simp. and trad. (夫夫)		夫	夫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fúfū

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄈㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁴ fu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fúfū
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fúfu
    • Wade–Giles: fu²-fu¹
    • Yale: fú-fū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwufu
    • Palladius: фуфу (fufu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ fu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu⁴ fu¹
    • Yale: fùh fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁴ fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu⁴ fu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː²¹ fuː⁵⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 夫夫

1. (literary) this man

(deprecated template usage)