夫人

• 拼音: fū rén
• 汉字拆解: 夫 = a man/husband; 人 = pictograph of a standing person — respectful reference to a man's wife

含义

Mrs.; Madam; wife (respectful). A formal and respectful way to refer to someone's wife or to address a married woman.

Used in formal or polite contexts to refer to someone else's wife. Common in diplomatic, official, and social settings. Often paired with a title or surname: 总统夫人 (the President's wife), 张夫人 (Mrs. Zhang). Not used to refer to one's own wife in modern usage.

例句

1. 张先生和夫人一起出席了晚宴。
2. 总统夫人参观了那所小学。
3. 请问您夫人也一起来吗？

用法指南

语境: formal occasions, diplomacy

语气: respectful

正确说法

• 王先生的夫人是一位大学教授。(Mr. Wang's wife is a university professor.)
• 欢迎各位先生和夫人的到来。(Welcome to all the gentlemen and their wives.)

错误说法

• 这是我的夫人 (Sounds overly formal and old-fashioned when introducing your own wife — use 妻子, 太太, or 老婆 in modern Chinese)

起源与历史

Originally meant 'that man's person/wife.' In classical Chinese, 夫 could function as a demonstrative pronoun, and 人 meant person. Evolved into a respectful title for a married woman.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal