情夫
Chinese
feeling; emotion; passion feeling; emotion; passion; situation |
husband; man | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (情夫) | 情 | 夫 | |
| simp. #(情夫) | 情 | 夫 | |
Pronunciation
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 情夫 (“extramarital male lover of a married woman”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 情夫, 姘夫 | |
| Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 拐漢子 |
| Luoyang | 孤老 | |
| Wanrong | 後男人 | |
| Yinchuan | 賊漢子, 野漢子 | |
| Xuzhou | 拐男人 | |
| Yangzhou | 孤老, 孤老搭子 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 契家佬 |
| Hong Kong | 情夫, 契家佬 | |
| Dongguan | 契家佬 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 野老公 |
| Lichuan | 野老公 | |
| Pingxiang | 野老公 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 契哥 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 野漢, 野漢子 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 契兄 |
| Quanzhou | 契兄 | |
| Zhangzhou | 契兄 | |
| Taipei | 契兄 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 契兄 | |
| Kaohsiung | 契兄, 猴 | |
| Yilan | 契兄, 猴 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 契兄 | |
| Taichung | 契兄 | |
| Tainan | 契兄, 猴 | |
| Hsinchu | 契兄 | |
| Kinmen | 契兄, 猴 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 契兄 | |
| Leizhou | 契兄 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 老契公 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 漢郎頭 |
| Danyang | 孤老, 孤老野漢 | |
| Ningbo | 野老公 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 野老倌, 野老公 |
| Loudi | 野男人 | |
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 情 | 夫 |
| じょう Grade: 5 |
ふ Grade: 4 |
| on’yomi | |
Etymology
Probably from Middle Chinese compound 情夫 (*dzhiɛng *bio). Compare modern Mandarin 情夫 (qíngfū).
Usage notes
Specifically refers to an extramarital male lover.[2]
Dated overtones. Implies a secret relationship. Generally being replaced in modern usage by the term 愛人 (aijin).[2]
Synonyms
Related terms
References
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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