HSK 6 · Family

夫人 fūrén “madam” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 夫人 means

  1. madam
  2. Mrs
  3. wife
  4. lady

Measure word 位 wèi · 一位夫人 yí wèi fūrén

How to say 夫人

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale人rén2nd tone, rising

夫人 in a sentence

  1. 请和夫人一起来吧！

    Qǐng hé fūrén yìqǐ lái ba!

    Please come with your wife!

    Sentence #352012 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他的夫人是我们的意大利语老师。

    Tā de fūrén shì wǒmen de Yìdàlìyǔ lǎoshī.

    His wife is our Italian teacher.

    Sentence #796127 from Tatoeba

  3. 帕克夫人面带微笑向他打招呼。

    Pàkè fūrén miàn dài wēixiào xiàng tā dǎzhāohu.

    Mrs Parker greeted him with a smile.

    Sentence #802083 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 夫人 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 人 (rén) drawn as one shape
人rénperson; people

人 is a single shape of 2 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidA person walking, seen from the side: two legs.

How to write 夫人

夫 4 strokes · 人 2 strokes

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

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

Words related to 夫人

Words with 夫

丈夫zhàngfu · husband夫妻fūqī · husband and wife大夫dàifu · doctor功夫gōngfu · time and effort夫妇fūfù · married couple

Words with 人

人rén · person家人jiārén · family member男人nánrén · man女人nǚrén · woman别人biéren · other people客人kèrén · guest有人yǒurén · someone人们rénmen · people大人dàren · adult老人lǎorén · old person

More words: People, Body & Health

出身chūshēn · family background大伙儿dàhuǒr · everyone诞生dànshēng · to be born夫妇fūfù · married couple抚养fǔyǎng · to raise (a child)后代hòudài · descendants家伙jiāhuo · guy家属jiāshǔ · family member

FAQs

夫人 (fūrén) means “madam” or “Mrs”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fūrén: fū with a 1st tone, then rén with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 夫人 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 位 (wèi). For example, one madam is 一位夫人 (yí wèi fūrén).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type furen with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 夫人 from the suggestions. Typing furen into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
夫人 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.