Chinese symbol for “housewife”
主妇
zhǔ fù
Traditional: 主婦
housewife; woman of senior authority in a household; the lady of the house; hostess
The closest CC-CEDICT match for housewife is 主妇 (zhǔ fù), defined as: housewife; woman of senior authority in a household; the lady of the house; hostess.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “housewife”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 家庭主妇 (家庭主婦) | jiā tíng zhǔ fù | housewife; stay-at-home wife |
| 管家婆 | guǎn jiā pó | housewife (jocular); female housekeeper of a higher rank (old) |
| 全职太太 (全職太太) | quán zhí tài tai | housewife; stay-at-home wife |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 主妇.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 主要 | zhǔ yào | main; principal; major; primary |
| 民主 | mín zhǔ | democracy; democratic |
| 主席 | zhǔ xí | chairperson; premier |
| 主任 | zhǔ rèn | director; head |
| 主题 (主題) | zhǔ tí | theme; subject |
| 主张 (主張) | zhǔ zhāng | to advocate; to stand for |
| 妇女 (婦女) | fù nǚ | woman |
| 夫妇 (夫婦) | fū fù | a (married) couple; husband and wife |
See also: Japanese symbol for “housewife”.
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.