情婦

See also: 情妇

Chinese

		feeling; emotion; passion feeling; emotion; passion; situation	woman
trad. (情婦)		情	婦
simp. (情妇)		情	妇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qíngfù

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing⁴ fu⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chêng-hū / chêng-hǔ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qíngfù
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíngfù
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing²-fu⁴
    • Yale: chíng-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyngfuh
    • Palladius: цинфу (cinfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ fu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing⁴ fu⁵
    • Yale: chìhng fúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing⁴ fu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing⁴ fu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ fuː¹³/
• 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

1. mistress; paramour; the other woman

Synonyms

• 姘婦／姘妇 (pīnfù)
• (Gan, Xiang) 野老婆
• (Hokkien) 契兄婆, 婊婆, 包飼的／包饲的

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^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːɸɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

情(じょう)婦(ふ) • (jōfu) 

1. (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)