Chinese

Noun

夫婦

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

Synonyms

• 夫妻 (fūqī)
• (Min Nan) 翁仔某 (ang-á-bó͘), 翁某 (ang-bó͘)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) ふ​うふ [fúꜜùfù] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯᵝːɸɯᵝ]

Noun

夫婦 ‎(hiragana ふうふ, romaji fūfu)

1. husband and wife, married couple, spouses, couple, pair

   その夫婦 (ふうふ)は幸福 (こうふく)な生活 (せいかつ)を送 (おく)った。

   Sono fūfu wa kōfuku na seikatsu o okutta.

   The couple led a happy life.

Derived terms

Idioms

Synonyms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) めおと [mèótó] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [me̞o̞to̞]

Alternative forms

• 女夫
• 妻夫

Noun

夫婦 ‎(hiragana めおと, romaji meoto, historical hiragana めをと)

1. wife and husband

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Sound change from めおと.

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) みょうと [myòótó] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [mjo̞ːto̞]

Noun

夫婦 ‎(hiragana みょうと, romaji myōto, historical hiragana めうと)

1. married woman and man, wife and husband

Etymology 4

Sound change from をひと (男人) め (妻).

Pronunciation

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

Alternative forms

• 夫妻

Noun

夫婦 ‎(hiragana おとめ, romaji otome, historical hiragana をとめ)

1. Alternative spelling of 夫妻

References

1. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Korean

Noun

夫婦 • ‎(bubu) ‎(hangeul 부부)

1. Hanja form^? of 부부, “couple, husband and wife”.