有夫之婦

简 有夫之妇 · 繁 有夫之婦
Mandarin · pinyin yǒu fū zhī fù

Meanings

  1. married woman
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有
yǒu · have, own, possess; exist
夫
fū · man, male adult, husband; those
之
zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
婦
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妇
fù · married women; woman; wife
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3–1–1–4 · you3 fu1 zhi1 fu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jau5 fu1 zi1 fu5

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jau5 fu1 zi1 fu5

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noun

  1. (idiomatic) woman who already has a husband (and is thus unavailable); married woman

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