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夫人

Mandarin · pinyin fū ren

lady
madam
Mrs.
Classifier: 位 wèi

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夫: fū · man, male adult, husband; those
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else

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1–5 · fu1 ren5

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

fu1 jan4

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noun

(polite) lady; madam; Mrs. (Classifier: 位)
(historical) wife (of a feudal lord)
(historical, Han dynasty) wife (of a man of the gentry)
(historical) concubine (of a monarch)

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