夫夫

Chinese

Etymology 1
husband; man husband; man
simp. and trad.
(夫夫)		 夫 夫

(Sense 3) dvandva of 夫 (fū, “husband”) + 夫 (fū, “husband”), following the pattern of 夫妻 (fūqī, “husband and wife, married (straight) couple”)

Pronunciation

Noun

夫夫

  1. (literary) everyone
  2. (Wu) paternal uncle (husband of father's sister)
  3. (slang, neologism) husband and husband; gay male couple
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 姑父 (“paternal uncle (husband of father's sister)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 姑夫, 姑丈
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 姑父, 姑夫, 姑丈
Mandarin Beijing 姑父
Taiwan 姑丈
Harbin 姑父
Yantai (Muping) 姑父
Jinan 姑父
Luoyang 姑父
Wanrong 姑父
Xi'an 姑父
Yinchuan 姑爹
Lanzhou 姑爹
Xining 姑夫
Ürümqi 姑父
Wuhan 姑爹
Chengdu 姑爹, 姑爺
Guiyang 姑爹
Liuzhou 姑爹
Xuzhou 姑父
Yangzhou 姑父
Nanjing 姑爹
Hefei 姑爺
Nantong 姑夫, 姑爹
Singapore 姑丈
Cantonese Guangzhou 姑丈
Hong Kong 姑丈
Taishan 阿丈, 丈
Dongguan 姑丈
Yangjiang 姑爺
Nanning 姑丈
Wuzhou 姑丈
Yulin 姑丈
Hepu (Lianzhou) 姑丈
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 姑丈
Singapore (Guangfu) 姑丈
Gan Nanchang 姑爹, 姑爺
Lichuan 姑父
Pingxiang 姑爺
Hakka Meixian 姑丈
Yudu 姑丈
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 姑丈
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 姑丈
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 姑丈
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 姑丈
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 姑丈
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 姑丈
Senai (Huiyang) 姑爺
Singkawang 姑丈
Huizhou Jixi 姑夫
Jin Taiyuan 姑父
Xinzhou 姑父
Northern Min Jian'ou 姑丈
Eastern Min Fuzhou 姑丈, 姑夫, 姑爹 suburbs
Fuqing 姑丈
Matsu 姑丈
Southern Min Xiamen 姑丈, 阿丈
Quanzhou 姑丈
Zhangzhou 姑丈
Taipei 姑丈
New Taipei (Sanxia) 姑丈
Kaohsiung 姑丈
Yilan 姑丈
Changhua (Lukang) 姑丈
Taichung 姑丈
Tainan 姑丈, 阿丈仔
Hsinchu 姑丈
Kinmen 姑丈
Penghu (Magong) 姑丈
Penang (Hokkien) 姑丈
Singapore (Hokkien) 姑丈
Manila (Hokkien) 姑丈
Chaozhou 姑丈, 阿丈
Shantou 姑丈
Haifeng 姑丈
Bangkok (Teochew) 姑丈
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 姑丈
Singapore (Teochew) 姑丈, 阿丈
Leizhou 尼丈, 丈
Haikou 姑爹
Zhongshan Min Sanxiang 姑丈
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 姑丈
Shehua Fu'an 姑丈
Fuding 姑丈
Luoyuan 姑丈
Sanming 姑丈
Shunchang 姑丈
Hua'an 姑丈
Guixi (Zhangping) 姑丈
Cangnan 姑丈
Jingning 姑丈
Lishui 姑丈
Longyou 姑丈
Chaozhou 姑丈
Fengshun 姑丈
Wu Shanghai 姑夫, 夫夫
Shanghai (Chongming) 姑夫
Suzhou 姑夫, 夫夫
Danyang 親爹, 姑夫
Hangzhou 乾爺, 姑夫, 姑丈
Ningbo 姑丈
Wenzhou 夫爺
Jinhua 姑夫
Xiang Changsha 姑爺子, 姑爺, 姑爹
Xiangtan 姑爺子
Loudi 大爺, 姑爺子
Shuangfeng 大爺, 姑爺
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of “husband and husband”): 妻妻 (qīqī)

Etymology 2
this husband; man
simp. and trad.
(夫夫)		 夫 夫

Pronunciation

Noun

夫夫

  1. (literary) this man
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