婦 (fu5 pou5 | fu4) : married woman; matron

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婦

fu5 pou5

fu4

[1][n] married woman; woman; female; matron
[2][n] the wife of one's son
[3][n] wife
[4][n] married woman

Cantonese pronunciations: literary & most common [fu5], colloquial alternative [pou5]

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 女 (#38)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

婦 / 妇

This word has been viewed 8424 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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夫婦 fu1 fu5 fu1 fu4 = husband and wife

婦人 fu5 jan4 fu4 ren2 = married woman

婦女 fu5 neoi5 fu4 nv3 = woman; women

家庭主婦 gaa1 ting4 zyu2 fu5 jia1 ting2 zhu3 fu4 = housewife

貴婦 gwai3 fu5 gui4 fu4 = noble lady

看護婦 hon1 wu6 fu5 kan1 hu4 fu4 = nurse

大膽狂徒，光天化日之下，竟敢調戲良家婦女 daai6 daam2 kong4 tou4, gwong1 tin1 faa3 jat6 zi1 haa6, ging2 gam2 tiu4 hei3 loeng4 gaa1 fu5 neoi5 = in broad daylight, flirt with a woman from a good home

媳婦 sik1 fu5 xi2 fu4 = daughter-in-law; son's wife; [粵] 新婦

主婦 zyu2 fu5 zhu3 fu4 = homemaker

寡婦 gwaa2 fu5 gua3 fu5 = a widow
See all 53 compounds (CantoDict reports 55 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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Decimal representation of this word: 婦
Unicode code for this character: U+5a66 (off-site link)

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