婦人

See also: 妇人

Chinese

		woman	man; person; people
trad. (婦人)		婦	人
simp. (妇人)		妇	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fùrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁵ jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fu-ngìn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hū-jîn / hū-lîn / hǔ-lîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fùrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fùrén
    • Wade–Giles: fu⁴-jên²
    • Yale: fù-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuhren
    • Palladius: фужэнь (fužɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu⁵ jan⁴
    • Yale: fúh yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁵ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu⁵ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː¹³ jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fu-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: fu ngin^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fu⁴ ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /fu⁵⁵ ŋin¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hū-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: hū-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huxjiin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu³³⁻²¹ zin²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu²²⁻²¹ d͡zin¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hū-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: hū-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huxliin
    • IPA (Taipei): /hu³³⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hu²²⁻²¹ lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǔ-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: hǔ-lîn
    • IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /hu³³⁻²² lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hu²² lin²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: bjuwX nyin

Rime
Character	婦	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	房久切	如鄰切
Baxter	bjuwX	nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨuX/	/ȵiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/biuX/	/ȵin/
Shao Rongfen	/biəuX/	/ȵʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buwX/	/ȵin/
Li Rong	/biuX/	/ȵiĕn/
Wang Li	/bĭəuX/	/ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ə̯uX/	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fòu	rén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fau6	jan4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mə.bəʔ  ni[ŋ]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*bɯʔ  njin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	婦	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fù	rén
Middle Chinese	‹ bjuwX ›	‹ nyin ›
Old Chinese	/*mə.bəʔ/ (or *tsə.-? see Min)	/*ni[ŋ]/
English	woman, wife	(other) person
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	婦	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	17550	10800
Phonetic component	帚	人
Rime group	之	眞
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	婦	仁
Old Chinese	/*bɯʔ/	/*njin/

Noun

婦人

1. (married) woman (Classifier: 位; 個／个)
2. (archaic) wife of a yeoman (士 (shì))

Synonyms

• (married woman): (Hakka) 餔娘人／𫗦娘人, 婦人家／妇人家 (fùrénjia); (Hokkien) 婦人人／妇人人

Derived terms

• 婦人之仁 / 妇人之仁 (fùrénzhīrén)
• 婦人之言不可聽 / 妇人之言不可听
• 婦人家 / 妇人家 (fùrénjia)
• 婦人生鬚 / 妇人生须
• 婦人長舌 / 妇人长舌
• 小婦人 / 小妇人
• 老婦人 / 老妇人 (lǎofùrén)
• 謀及婦人 / 谋及妇人
• 醇酒婦人 / 醇酒妇人

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (婦人):

• → Japanese: 婦(ふ)人(じん) (fujin)
• → Korean: 부인(婦人) (bu'in)
• → Vietnamese: phu nhân (婦人)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
婦	人
ふ Grade: 5	じん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふじん [fùjíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ʑĩɴ]

Noun

婦(ふ)人(じん) • (fujin) 

1. (another person's) wife
2. madam; ma'am

References

• 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
婦	人

Noun

婦人 • (bu'in) (hangeul 부인)

1. hanja form^? of 부인 (“madam; ma'am”)