HSK 6 · Family

夫妇 fūfù “married couple” in Chinese

Traditional 夫婦

What 夫妇 means

  1. married couple
  2. husband and wife

Measure word 对 duì · 一对夫妇 yí duì fūfù

How to say 夫妇

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale夫fū1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale妇fù4th tone, falling

夫妇 in a sentence

  1. 这对夫妇生了个儿子。

    Zhè duì fūfù shēng le ge érzi.

    The couple had a son.

    Sentence #335277 from Tatoeba

  2. 老夫妇出发去环游世界了。

    Lǎo fūfù chūfā qù huányóu shìjiè le.

    The elderly couple set off on a trip around the world.

    Sentence #426361 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 那对夫妇花了很多钱来布置他们的房子。

    Nà duì fūfù huā le hěn duō qián lái bùzhì tāmen de fángzi.

    The couple spent a lot of money decorating their house.

    Sentence #616915 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 夫妇 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 夫 (fū) with each of its parts in a different colour
夫fūhusband
  • 一one · yī
  • 大big · dà

Memory aidA grown man 大 with a hairpin 一 across his head: a man, a husband.

The character 妇 (fù) with each of its parts in a different colour
妇fùwoman
  • 女woman · nǚ
  • 彐snout · jì

How to write 夫妇

夫 4 strokes · 妇 6 strokes

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夫妇 (fūfù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 夫妇 (fūfù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 夫妇

Words with 夫

丈夫zhàngfu · husband夫妻fūqī · husband and wife大夫dàifu · doctor功夫gōngfu · time and effort夫人fūrén · madam

Words with 妇

妇女fùnǚ · woman媳妇xífù · daughter-in-law

More words: People, Body & Health

伯母bómǔ · aunt (wife of father’s elder brother)出身chūshēn · family background大伙儿dàhuǒr · everyone诞生dànshēng · to be born夫人fūrén · madam抚养fǔyǎng · to raise (a child)后代hòudài · descendants家伙jiāhuo · guy

FAQs

夫妇 (fūfù) means “married couple” or “husband and wife”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fūfù: fū with a 1st tone, then fù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 夫妇 is written 夫婦. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 对 (duì). For example, one married couple is 一对夫妇 (yí duì fūfù).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fufu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 夫妇 from the suggestions. Typing fufu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
夫妇 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.