夫人
HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 6
夫人 (fūren) · wife
夫人 (fūren) means “wife; Mrs.; madam”. It is written with 2 characters: 夫 (man) + 人 (person). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 夫人 is built
The characters
夫 fū · man
What 夫 is made of
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 大dà — big
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 人rén — person
Origin hint: A man 大 wearing a coming-of-age hairpin 一 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
人 rén · person
What 人 is made of
人 is not built from smaller parts; it is written with 2 strokes.
Origin hint: The legs of a human being (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
王先生和夫人一起来了。Wáng xiānsheng hé fūren yīqǐ lái le.Mr. Wang came with his wife.
李夫人，欢迎您！Lǐ fūren, huānyíng nín!Welcome, Mrs. Li!
Questions about 夫人
What does 夫人 mean?
夫人 (fūren) means “wife; Mrs.; madam”.
How do you pronounce 夫人?
夫人 is pronounced fūren.
Which HSK level is 夫人?
夫人 is in HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 大夫dàifudoctor
- 工夫gōngfutime
- 功夫gōngfukung fu
- 夫妇fūfùmarried couple
- 夫妻fūqīhusband and wife
- 丈夫zhàngfuhusband
- 别人biérenother people
- 病人bìngrénpatient
- 工人gōngrénworker
- 家人jiārénfamily members
Learn 夫人 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 52: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.