Chinese

夫妻

fūqī
husband and wife; married couple (Classifier: 對／对)
  • HSK 4
  • TOCFL 6

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Origin

Dvandva of 夫 (fū, “husband”) + 妻 (qī, “wife”)

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Lineage

  • characterChinese夫 “male adult; man”
  • characterChinese妻 “wife”
    • ideaChinese肀 “hand grabbing hair”
    • ideaChinese女 “woman; (only of humans in Standard Chinese) female”

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