Chinese

Noun

夫妻

1. husband and wife; married couple   (Classifier: 對／对)

   夫妻關係 / 夫妻关系  ―  fūqī guānxì  ―  marriage

Synonyms

• 夫婦／夫妇 (fūfù)
• (Min Nan) 翁仔某 (ang-á-bó͘), 翁某 (ang-bó͘)

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) ふ​さい [fúꜜsàì] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• (Tokyo) ふさ​い [fùsáꜜì] (Nakadaka - [2])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯᵝsa̠i]

Noun

夫妻 ‎(hiragana ふさい, romaji fusai)

1. a married couple, husband and wife, Mr. and Mrs.

   山田夫妻 (やまだふさい)は来月帰国 (らいげつきこく)します

   Yamada fusai wa raigetsu kikoku shimasu

   Mr. and Mrs. Yamada will come home next month

Synonyms

Etymology 2

Sound change from をひと (男人) め (妻).

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• IPA^(key): [o̞to̞me̞]

Alternative forms

• 夫婦

Noun

夫妻 ‎(hiragana おとめ, romaji otome, alternative reading をとめ, romaji wotome)

1. husband and wife

References

1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.