情婦

See also: 情妇

Chinese

		feeling; emotion; passion feeling; emotion; passion; situation	woman
trad. (情婦)		情	婦
simp. (情妇)		情	妇

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qíngfù

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄈㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing⁴ fu⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chêng-hū / chêng-hǔ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qíngfù
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄈㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cíngfù
  - Wade–Giles: chʻing²-fu⁴
  - Yale: chíng-fù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyngfuh
  - Palladius: цинфу (cinfu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ fu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cing⁴ fu⁵
  - Yale: chìhng fúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing⁴ fu⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: qing⁴ fu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ fuː¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-hū
  - Tâi-lô: tsîng-hū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zenghu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² hu²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²³⁻³³ hu³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hu³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ¹³⁻²² hu²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-hǔ
  - Tâi-lô: tsîng-hǔ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² hu²²/

Noun

情婦

mistress; paramour; the other woman

Synonyms

姘婦／姘妇 (pīnfù)
(Gan, Xiang) 野老婆
(Hokkien) 契兄婆, 婊婆, 包飼的／包饲的

See also

情夫 (qíngfū)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
情	婦
じょう Grade: 5	ふ Grade: 5
goon	kan’yōon

Etymology

First cited to the early 1900s.[1]

Probably ultimately from Middle Chinese compound 情婦 (MC dzjeng bjuwX). Compare modern Mandarin 情婦／情妇 (qíngfù).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じょーふ [jóꜜòfù] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːɸɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

情(じょう)婦(ふ) • (jōfu)

(dated) a female lover, a female fling, a mistress

Usage notes

Specifically refers to an extramarital female lover.[1]

Somewhat dated overtones. Often used to refer to a criminal's or player's lover;[1] compare English moll.

Synonyms

隠(かく)し女(おんな) (kakushi onna): literally hidden woman
色(いろ)女(おんな) (iro onna): literally "colorful" woman (alluding to a sexual relationship)
愛(あい)人(じん) (aijin): a lover (often, but not necessarily, refers to an extramarital relationship)

Related terms

情(じょう)夫(ふ) (jōfu): a male lover, a male fling (specifically refers to an extramarital male lover)

References

Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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