夫妻

		husband; man	wife; to marry off (a daughter)
trad. (夫妻)		夫	妻
simp. #(夫妻)		夫	妻

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

夫妻

1. husband and wife; married couple (Classifier: 對／对)

   夫妻關係／夫妻关系  ―  fūqī guānxì  ―  husband-wife relationship

   增進夫妻感情的方式 [MSC, trad.]
   增进夫妻感情的方式 [MSC, simp.]

   zēngjìn fūqī gǎnqíng de fāngshì [Pinyin]

   ways to enhance the relationship between husband and wife

• 伴侶／伴侣 (bànlǚ)

• 夫夫 (fūfū)
• 妻妻 (qīqī)

Kanji in this term
夫	妻
ふ Grade: 4	さい Grade: 5
on'yomi

• (Tokyo) ふさい [fúꜜsàì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• (Tokyo) ふさい [fùsáꜜì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟sa̠i]

夫(ふ)妻(さい) • (fusai) 

1. a married couple, husband and wife, Mr. and Mrs.

   Synonym: 夫婦 (fūfu)

   山(やま)田夫(だふ)妻(さい)は来月(らいげつ)帰(き)国(こく)します

   Yamada fusai wa raigetsu kikoku shimasu

   Mr. and Mrs. Yamada will come home next month

Kanji in this term
夫	妻
Grade: 4	Grade: 5
irregular

Alternative spellings
夫婦 妻夫

Sound change from をひと (男人) め (妻).

• IPA^(key): [o̞to̞me̞]

夫妻(おとめ) • (otome) ^{←をとめ (wotome)?}

1. husband and wife

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Hanja in this term
夫	妻

夫妻 • (bucheo) (hangeul 부처)

1. hanja form^? of 부처 (“married couple”)

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
夫	妻

夫妻

1. chữ Hán form of phu thê (“married couple”).