phu phụ
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Definition
- Noun:
- Husband and wife, man and wife: "Phu phụ" refers to a married couple, specifically the husband and wife pair. This is an archaic term.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Tình phu phụ (Conjugal love / The love between husband and wife).
- Lễ thành phu phụ (The ceremony to become husband and wife / The wedding ceremony).
Advanced Usage
- The term is primarily used in classical, literary, or formal historical contexts. It is not common in modern everyday conversation.
- It often appears in classical poetry, proverbs, or texts discussing traditional marital relationships.
- Giang sơn phu phụ lão (A line from classical poetry implying a couple growing old together through life's journeys).
Variants and Related Words
- Phu thê (n): A slightly more common but still literary synonym for "phu phụ," meaning husband and wife.
- Vợ chồng (n): The standard, modern Vietnamese term for "husband and wife" or "married couple."
- Vợ (n): Wife.
- Chồng (n): Husband.
Synonyms
- Vợ chồng: Husband and wife, married couple (modern, common usage).
- Đôi vợ chồng: The married couple.
- Đôi lứa: A couple (often implies a romantic or young married couple).
Notes on Meaning
- "Phu phụ" specifically denotes the marital bond and the pair as a unit. It carries a formal and respectful tone, reflecting traditional values.
- The word is a compound of "phu" (husband, man) and "phụ" (wife, woman). It is used as a single, inseparable unit to mean "married couple."
- (từ cũ) Husband and wife, man and wife