夫人

fū ren

HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 6 Noun Very common

Definitions

1. lady
2. madam
3. Mrs.

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Word relationships

Counterparts

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先生

xiān sheng

teacher

Mr., husband

Usage notes

Formality

夫人 is a formal term, often used in official or respectful contexts; not used casually among friends.

Example Sentences

2 shown

那位夫人是我的老师。

That lady is my teacher.

都長夫人！

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 1644488)

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Words Containing 夫人

duchess

Maria Skłodowska-Curie or Marie Curie (1867-1934), Nobel laureate in both physics (1903) and chemistry (1911)

居里夫人

jū lǐ fū ren

see 居禮夫人|居礼夫人[jū lǐ fū ren]

Mrs Thatcher

Madame Tussauds (waxworks)

第一夫人

dì yī fū rén

First Lady (wife of US president)

萨哈罗夫人权奖

sà hǎ luó fū rén quán jiǎng

the EU Sakharov Human Rights Prize

萨哈诺夫人权奖

sà hǎ nuò fū rén quán jiǎng

the EU Sakharov prize for human rights

赔了夫人又折兵

péi le fū rén yòu zhé bīng

having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom)

麦克白夫人

mài kè bái fū ren

Lady Macbeth

Child Words of 夫人

person; people

husband

(classical) this, that

夫人