主婦

See also: 主妇

Chinese

		to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary	woman
trad. (主婦)		主	婦
simp. (主妇)		主	妇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǔfù

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˇ ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu² fu⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chú-hū / chú-hǔ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zu² hu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǔfù
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˇ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǔfù
    • Wade–Giles: chu³-fu⁴
    • Yale: jǔ-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juufuh
    • Palladius: чжуфу (čžufu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 主婦 / 主妇 囑咐 / 嘱咐

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyu² fu⁵
    • Yale: jyú fúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy² fu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ju² fu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː³⁵ fuː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-hū
    • Tâi-lô: tsú-hū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zw'hu
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hu³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-hǔ
    • Tâi-lô: tsú-hǔ
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hu²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zu² hu⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsú hŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su⁵²⁻³⁵ hu³⁵/

Noun

主婦

1. housewife; female homemaker
2. woman of senior authority in a household; the lady of the house; hostess

Synonyms

• (housewife): 家庭婦女／家庭妇女 (jiātíng fùnǚ), 家庭主婦／家庭主妇 (jiātíng zhǔfù)

Derived terms

• 主婦手 / 主妇手 (zhǔfùshǒu)
• 家庭主婦 / 家庭主妇 (jiātíng zhǔfù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
主	婦
しゅ Grade: 3	ふ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゅふ [shúꜜfù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕɨɸɯ̟]

Noun

主(しゅ)婦(ふ) • (shufu) 

1. housewife, female homemaker

Antonyms

• 主夫(しゅふ) (shufu): house husband, stay-at-home dad

References

• “主婦”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
• Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
主	婦

Noun

主婦 • (jubu) (hangeul 주부)

1. hanja form^? of 주부 (“housewife”)