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夫妻

fū qī

2-character word

What 夫妻 means

1. husband and wife; married couple

The characters in 夫妻

• 夫fūhusband; man; manual worker
• 妻qī(bound form) wife

Example sentences

• 这对夫妻手牵手走路。
  Zhè duì fūqī shǒuqiānshǒu zǒulù.
  The couple is walking hand in hand.
• 真的希望他们做夫妻白头偕劳。
  Zhēn de xīwàng tāmen zuò fūqī báitóu xié láo.
  I really hope they can live happily ever after as husband and wife.
• 夫妻分担家务的情况愈来愈普遍。
  Fūqī fēndān jiāwù de qíngkuàng yù lái yù pǔbiàn.
  More and more married couples share household chores.
• 史密斯先生和女士是很般配的一对夫妻。
  Shǐmìsī xiānsheng hé nǚshì shì hěn bānpèi de yī duì fūqī.
  Mr. and Mrs. Smith are a good match.
• 周末我们全家去吃四川菜，点了麻婆豆腐和夫妻肺片。
  On the weekend, our whole family went to eat Sichuan food and ordered mapo tofu and husband-and-wife lung slices.
• 年纪大的夫妻往往喜欢礼金胜于礼物, 因为他们既不需要礼物也没有空间放礼物。
  Niánjì dà de fūqī wǎngwǎng xǐhuan lǐjīn shèng yú lǐwù, yīnwèi tāmen jì bù xūyào lǐwù yě méiyǒu kōngjiān fàng lǐwù.
  Older couples often appreciate cash more than gifts because they neither need nor have room for them.

Words starting with 夫妻

• 夫妻店fū qī diànfamily-run shop
• 夫妻相fū qī xiàngsimilarity in features of an old couple; common facial traits that show predestination to…
• 夫妻反目fū qī fǎn mùman and wife fall out (idiom, from Book of Changes); marital strife
• 夫妻肺片fū qī fèi piànpopular Sichuan cold dish made of thinly sliced beef and beef offal
• 夫妻脸fū qī liǎnsee 夫妻相

Words containing 夫妻

• 露水夫妻lù shuǐ fū qīa couple in a short-lived, improper relationship
• 半糖夫妻bàn táng fū qīweekend spouse; relationship involving a sugar-daddy
• 少年夫妻老来伴shào nián fū qī lǎo lái bànhusband and wife in youth, companions in old age