HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Family

夫妻 fūqī “husband and wife” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 夫妻 means

  1. husband and wife
  2. married couple

How to say 夫妻

  • 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 first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale妻qī1st tone, high and level

夫妻 in a sentence

  1. 这对夫妻手牵手走路。

    Zhè duì fūqī shǒu qiān shǒu zǒulù.

    The couple are walking hand in hand.

    Sentence #895136 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 夫妻分担家务的情况愈来愈普遍。

    Fūqī fēndān jiāwù de qíngkuàng yùláiyù pǔbiàn.

    Couples sharing the housework is becoming more and more common.

    Sentence #1450197 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 夫妻 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 妻 (qī) with each of its parts in a different colour
妻qīwife
  • 十ten · shí
  • 彐snout · jì
  • 女woman · nǚ

How to write 夫妻

夫 4 strokes · 妻 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 夫妻

Words with 夫

丈夫zhàngfu · husband大夫dàifu · doctor功夫gōngfu · time and effort夫妇fūfù · married couple夫人fūrén · madam

Words with 妻

妻子qīzi · wife

More words: Family

家人jiārén · family member姐妹jiěmèi · sisters爱人àiren · husband or wife父母fùmǔ · parents

FAQs

夫妻 (fūqī) means “husband and wife” or “married couple”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it fūqī: fū with a 1st tone, then qī with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 夫妻 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fuqi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 夫妻 from the suggestions. Typing fuqi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
夫妻 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 5 word list. It is not on the older 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.