夫人

Chinese

husband; man man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(夫人)
anagram 人夫
Literally: “man['s] person”.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial () (1) (38)
Final () (24) (43)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pɨo/ /ȵiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun
/pio/ /ȵin/
Shao
Rongfen
/pio/ /ȵʑjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/puə̆/ /ȵin/
Li
Rong
/pio/ /ȵiĕn/
Wang
Li
/pĭu/ /ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pi̯u/ /ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
rén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fu1 jan4

Noun

夫人

  1. (polite) lady; madam; Mrs. (Classifier: )
    夫人夫人   Wáng fūrén lái le.   Mrs. Wang has arrived.
  2. (historical) wife (of a feudal lord)
  3. (historical, Han dynasty) wife (of a man of the gentry)
  4. (historical) concubine (of a monarch)

Synonyms

  • (wife):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (夫人):
  • Japanese: 夫人(ふじん) (fujin)
  • Korean: 부인(夫人) (bu'in)
  • Vietnamese: phu nhân (夫人)

Others:

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
じん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From Literary Chinese, literally “helping person”.[1][2]

Noun

()(じん) (fujin) 

  1. (honorific) (another person's) wife, married lady
    (かれ)夫人(ふじん)をいっしょにつれてきた
    Kare wa fujin o issho ni tsurete-kita
    He was accompanied by his wife
  2. madam, Mrs.
    (わたし)たちは劇場(げきじょう)でブラウン夫人(ふじん)()った
    Watashitachi wa gekijō de Buraun fujin ni atta
    We met Mrs. Brown at the theater
  3. (archaic) wife of a nobleman
  4. (archaic) consort of the emperor

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  1. Book of Rites, 曲禮下:
    天子之妃曰后,諸侯曰夫人,大夫曰孺人,士曰婦人,庶人曰妻。
  2. Shiming, 釋親屬:
    諸侯之妃曰夫人,夫,扶也,扶助其君也。
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

夫人 (bu'in) (hangeul 부인)

  1. Hanja form? of 부인 ((honorific) (another person's) wife).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term

Noun

夫人

  1. chữ Hán form of phu nhân (lady).
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