半糖夫妻

Chinese

		half-sweet; having the half amount of sugar	husband and wife; married couple
trad. (半糖夫妻)		半糖	夫妻
simp. #(半糖夫妻)		半糖	夫妻
Literally: “half-sugar couple”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàntáng fūqī

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄤˊ ㄈㄨ ㄑㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ tong⁴ fu¹ cai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàntáng fūqī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄤˊ ㄈㄨ ㄑㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàntáng fuci
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴-tʻang² fu¹-chʻi¹
    • Yale: bàn-táng fū-chī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banntarng fuchi
    • Palladius: баньтан фуци (banʹtan fuci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ tʰɑŋ³⁵ fu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun³ tong⁴ fu¹ cai¹
    • Yale: bun tòhng fū chāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ tong⁴ fu¹ tsai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun³ tong⁴ fu¹ cei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ tʰɔːŋ²¹ fuː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

半糖夫妻

1. (neologism, slang) (upper-middle-class) couple who live apart during the work week and only spend weekends together, often as an attempt to keep the romance alive