# 婦人
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fùrén
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fu$^5$ jan$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fu-ngìn
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hū-jîn / hū-lîn / hǔ-lîn
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fùrén
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fùrén
*** Wade–Giles: fu$^4$-jên$^2$
*** Yale: fù-rén
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuhren
*** Palladius: фужэнь (fužɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /fu⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$婦人／妇人 富人
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fu$^5$ jan$^4$
*** Yale: fúh yàhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fu$^5$ jan$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fu$^5$ yen$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /fuː¹³ jɐn²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fu-ngìn
*** Hakka Romanization System: fu ngin$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fu$^4$ ngin$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /fu⁵⁵ ŋin¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hū-jîn
*** Tâi-lô: hū-jîn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: huxjiin
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu³³⁻²¹ zin²³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu²²⁻²¹ d͡zin¹³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hū-lîn
*** Tâi-lô: hū-lîn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: huxliin
*** IPA (Taipei): /hu³³⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hu²²⁻²¹ lin²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǔ-lîn
*** Tâi-lô: hǔ-lîn
*** IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /hu³³⁻²² lin²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hu²² lin²⁴/
* Middle Chinese: bjuwX nyin
Rime :
| Character | 婦 | 人 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) | 眞 (43) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 房久切 | 如鄰切 |
| Baxter | bjuwX | nyin |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bɨu$^X$/ | /ȵiɪn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /biu$^X$/ | /ȵin/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /biəu$^X$/ | /ȵʑjen/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /buw$^X$/ | /ȵin/ |
| Li Rong | /biu$^X$/ | /ȵiĕn/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭəu$^X$/ | /ȵʑĭĕn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /bʱi̯ə̯u$^X$/ | /ȵʑi̯ĕn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fòu | rén |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fau$^6$ | jan$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*mə.bəʔ ni[ŋ]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*bɯʔ njin/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 婦 | 人 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | fù | rén |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ bjuw$^X$ › | ‹ nyin › |
| Old Chinese | /*mə.bəʔ/ (or *tsə.-? see Min) | /*ni[ŋ]/ |
| English | woman, wife | (other) person |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 婦 | 人 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 17550 | 10800 |
| Phonetic component | 帚 | 人 |
| Rime group | 之 | 眞 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 婦 | 仁 |
| Old Chinese | /*bɯʔ/ | /*njin/ |

### Noun

婦人
* (married) woman (Classifier: 位; 個／个)
* (archaic) wife of a yeoman (士 (shì))

#### Synonyms

* (married woman): (Hakka) 餔娘人／𫗦娘人, 婦人家／妇人家 (fùrénjia); (Hokkien) 婦人人／妇人人

#### Derived terms

* 婦人之仁／妇人之仁 (fùrénzhīrén)
* 婦人之言不可聽／妇人之言不可听
* 婦人家／妇人家 (fùrénjia)
* 婦人生鬚／妇人生须
* 婦人長舌／妇人长舌
* 小婦人／小妇人
* 老婦人／老妇人 (lǎofùrén)
* 謀及婦人／谋及妇人
* 醇酒婦人／醇酒妇人

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 婦(ふ)人(じん) (fujin)
* → Korean: 부인(婦人) (bu'in)
* → Vietnamese: phu nhân (婦人)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 婦 | 人 |
| ふ Grade: 5 | じん Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ふじん [fùjíń] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɸɯ̟ʑĩɴ]

### Noun

婦(ふ)人(じん) • (fujin)
* (another person's) wife
* madam; ma'am

### 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 :
| 婦 | 人 |

### Noun

婦人 • (bu'in) (hangeul 부인)
* hanja form of 부인 (“madam; ma'am”)