# 情婦
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qíngfù
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄈㄨˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): cing$^4$ fu$^5$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): ceang$^4$ fu$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chêng-hū / chêng-hǔ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qíngfù
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄈㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cíngfù
*** Wade–Giles: chʻing$^2$-fu$^4$
*** Yale: chíng-fù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyngfuh
*** Palladius: цинфу (cinfu)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ fu⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cing$^4$ fu$^5$
*** Yale: chìhng fúh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsing$^4$ fu$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qing$^4$ fu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ fuː¹³/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: ceang$^4$ fu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰəŋ²¹ fu³²/
* 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

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 姘婦, 情婦 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 契家婆 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 契家婆, 情婦 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 野老婆 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 野老婆 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 契兄婆, 婊婆 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 夥計 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 夥計 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 夥計 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 夥計 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 夥計 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 夥計仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 夥計, 契兄婆 GT, 包飼的 GT |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 夥計 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 鬥頭 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 鬥頭 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 契家婆 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 野老婆 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 野老婆 |

#### 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.
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])
* IPA: [d͡ʑo̞ːɸɯ̟]

### 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.
Somewhat dated overtones. Often used to refer to a criminal's or player's lover; 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

* 1 2 3 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, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN