Chinese symbol for “couple”
夫妇
fū fù
Traditional: 夫婦
a (married) couple; husband and wife; 对 (duì)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for couple is 夫妇 (fū fù), defined as: a (married) couple; husband and wife; 对 (duì).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “couple”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一对 (一對) | yī duì | couple; pair |
| 挂钩 (掛鉤) | guà gōu | to couple; to link; to hook together; (fig.) (preceded by 与 (yǔ) + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}); (Tw) to collude (with {entity}) |
| 耦 | ǒu | a pair; a mate |
| 一对儿 (一對兒) | yī duì r | a pair; a couple |
| 两口儿 (兩口兒) | liǎng kǒu r | husband and wife; couple |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 夫妇.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丈夫 | zhàng fu | husband |
| 夫人 | fū ren | lady; madam |
| 夫妻 | fū qī | husband and wife; married couple |
| 功夫 | gōng fu | skill; art |
| 大夫 | dà fū | senior official (in imperial China) |
| 妇女 (婦女) | fù nǚ | woman |
| 媳妇 (媳婦) | xí fù | daughter-in-law; wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation |
| 孕妇 (孕婦) | yùn fù | pregnant woman |
See also: Japanese symbol for “couple”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.