半糖夫妻

Chinese

		half-sweet; having the half amount of sugar	husband and wife; married couple
trad. (半糖夫妻)		半糖	夫妻
simp. ^#(半糖夫妻)		半糖	夫妻
Literally: “half-sugar couple”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bàntáng fūqī

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄤˊ ㄈㄨㄑㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ tong⁴ fu¹ cai¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bàntáng fūqī
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄤˊ ㄈㄨㄑㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bàntáng fuci
  - Wade–Giles: pan⁴-tʻang² fu¹-chʻi¹
  - Yale: bàn-táng fū-chī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banntarng fuchi
  - Palladius: баньтан фуци (banʹtan fuci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ tʰɑŋ³⁵ fu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun³ tong⁴ fu¹ cai¹
  - Yale: bun tòhng fū chāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ tong⁴ fu¹ tsai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun³ tong⁴ fu¹ cei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ tʰɔːŋ²¹ fuː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

半糖夫妻

(neologism, slang) (upper-middle-class) couple who live apart during the work week and only spend weekends together, often as an attempt to keep the romance alive

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