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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 夫妻

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
夫妻 fū qī - husband and wife; married couple

List Ranking for: 夫妻

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 3 3,390 3,472 3,137

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
夫 fū- husband
- man
- manual worker
- conscripted laborer (old)
夫 fú- (classical) this, that
- he, she, they
- (exclamatory final particle)
- (initial particle, introduces an opinion)
妻 qī- (bound form) wife
妻 qì- to marry off (a daughter)

Other Words Containing 夫妻

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
夫妻 - 3 3,390 3,472 3,137