夫妻

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Chinese

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husband; man wife; to marry off (a daughter)
trad. (夫妻)
simp. #(夫妻)

Etymology

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Dvandva of (, “husband”) + (, “wife”)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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夫妻

  1. husband and wife; married couple (Classifier: )
    夫妻關係夫妻关系  ―  fūqī guānxì  ―  husband-wife relationship
    增進夫妻感情方式 [MSC, trad.]
    增进夫妻感情方式 [MSC, simp.]
    zēngjìn fūqī gǎnqíng de fāngshì [Pinyin]
    ways to enhance the relationship between husband and wife

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
さい
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(さい) (fusai

  1. a married couple, husband and wife, Mr. and Mrs.
    Synonym: 夫婦 (fūfu)
    (やま)田夫(だふ)(さい)来月(らいげつ)()(こく)します
    Yamada fusai wa raigetsu kikoku shimasu
    Mr. and Mrs. Yamada will come home next month

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
Grade: 4 Grade: 5
irregular
Alternative spellings
夫婦
妻夫

Sound change from をひと (男人) (妻).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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夫妻(おとめ) (otomeをとめ (wotome)?

  1. husband and wife

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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夫妻 (bucheo) (hangeul 부처)

  1. hanja form? of 부처 (married couple)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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夫妻

  1. chữ Hán form of phu thê (married couple).