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

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:
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    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
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hu³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-hǔ
  - Tâi-lô: tsú-hǔ
  - 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

housewife; female homemaker
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)

housewife, female homemaker

Antonyms

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

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
主	婦

Noun

主婦 • (jubu) (hangeul 주부)

hanja form^? of 주부 (“housewife”)