情夫

Chinese

		feeling; emotion; passion feeling; emotion; passion; situation	husband; man
trad. (情夫)		情	夫
simp. #(情夫)		情	夫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qíngfū

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄈㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing⁴ fu¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chêng-hu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qíngfū
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíngfu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing²-fu¹
    • Yale: chíng-fū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyngfu
    • Palladius: цинфу (cinfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ fu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing⁴ fu¹
    • Yale: chìhng fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing⁴ fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing⁴ fu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /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

1. extramarital male lover of a married woman

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 情夫 (“extramarital male lover of a married woman”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		情夫, 姘夫
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	拐漢子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	孤老
	Wanrong	後男人
	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
	Hong Kong	情夫, 契家佬
	Dongguan	契家佬
Gan	Nanchang	野老公
	Lichuan	野老公
	Pingxiang	野老公
Hakka	Meixian	契哥
Jin	Xinzhou	野漢, 野漢子
Southern Min	Xiamen	契兄
	Quanzhou	契兄
	Zhangzhou	契兄
	Taipei	契兄
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	契兄
	Kaohsiung	契兄, 猴
	Yilan	契兄, 猴
	Changhua (Lukang)	契兄
	Taichung	契兄
	Tainan	契兄, 猴
	Hsinchu	契兄
	Kinmen	契兄, 猴
	Penghu (Magong)	契兄
	Leizhou	契兄
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	老契公
Wu	Shanghai	漢郎頭
	Danyang	孤老, 孤老野漢
	Ningbo	野老公
Xiang	Changsha	野老倌, 野老公
	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 – [1])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːɸɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

情(じょう)夫(ふ) • (jōfu) 

1. (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)