夫妇
HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 6
夫妇 (fūfù) · married couple
夫妇 (fūfù) means “married couple; husband and wife”. It is written with 2 characters: 夫 (man) + 妇 (married woman). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 夫妇 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)
妇 fù · married woman
What 妇 is made of
- 女nǚ — woman
- 彐jì — snout
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 二 — two strokes
Origin hint: Simplified form of 婦; a woman 女 with a broom 彐 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
那对老夫妇每天一起散步。Nà duì lǎo fūfù měi tiān yīqǐ sànbù.That elderly couple goes for a walk together every day.
这对年轻夫妇住在我们楼上。Zhè duì niánqīng fūfù zhù zài wǒmen lóushàng.This young couple lives upstairs from us.
Questions about 夫妇
What does 夫妇 mean?
夫妇 (fūfù) means “married couple; husband and wife”.
How do you pronounce 夫妇?
夫妇 is pronounced fūfù.
Which HSK level is 夫妇?
夫妇 is in HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 大夫dàifudoctor
- 工夫gōngfutime
- 功夫gōngfukung fu
- 夫妻fūqīhusband and wife
- 夫人fūrenwife
- 丈夫zhàngfuhusband
- 妇女fùnǚwoman
- 媳妇xífuwife
Learn 夫妇 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 50: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.