# 情夫
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qíngfū
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄈㄨ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cing$^4$ fu$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chêng-hu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qíngfū
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄈㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cíngfu
*** Wade–Giles: chʻing$^2$-fu$^1$
*** Yale: chíng-fū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyngfu
*** Palladius: цинфу (cinfu)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ fu⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cing$^4$ fu$^1$
*** Yale: chìhng fū
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsing$^4$ fu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qing$^4$ fu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ fuː⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-hu
*** Tâi-lô: tsîng-hu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zenghw
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² hu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² hu³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ¹³⁻²² hu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²³⁻³³ hu⁴⁴/

### Noun

情夫
* extramarital male lover of a married woman

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 情夫, 姘夫 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 拐漢子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 孤老 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 後男人 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 拐男人 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 賊漢子, 野漢子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 孤老, 孤老搭子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 契家佬 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 情夫, 契家佬 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 契家佬 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 野老公 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 野老公 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 野老公 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 契哥, 老緣 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 野漢, 野漢子 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 契兄 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 契兄 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 契兄 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 契兄 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 契兄 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 契兄, 猴 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 契兄, 猴 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 契兄 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 契兄 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 契兄, 猴 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 契兄 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 契兄, 猴 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 契兄 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 契兄 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 老契公 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 漢郎頭 |
| Wu | Danyang | 孤老, 孤老野漢 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 野老公 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 野老倌, 野老公 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 野男人 |

#### Related terms

* 情婦／情妇 (qíngfù)

## 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).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) じょーふ [jóꜜòfù] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [d͡ʑo̞ːɸɯ̟]

### Noun

情(じょう)夫(ふ) • (jōfu)
* (dated) a male lover, a male fling, a paramour

#### Usage notes

Specifically refers to an extramarital male lover.
Dated overtones. Implies a secret relationship. Generally being replaced in modern usage by the term 愛人(あいじん) (aijin).

#### Synonyms

* 隠(かく)し男(おとこ) (kakushi otoko): literally hidden man
* 色(いろ)男(おとこ) (iro otoko, “iro otoko”): literally "colorful" man (alluding to a sexual relationship)
* 愛人(あいじん) (aijin): a lover (often, but not necessarily, refers to an extramarital relationship)
* 間男(まおとこ) (maotoko): a paramour, a man on the side

#### Related terms

* 情婦(じょうふ) (jōfu): a female lover, a female fling, a mistress (specifically refers to an extramarital female lover)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN