配偶者

Chinese

		spouse; partner	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does something)
trad. (配偶者)		配偶	者
simp. ^#(配偶者)		配偶	者

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pèi'ǒuzhě

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄟˋ ㄡˇ ㄓㄜˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pui³ ngau⁵ ze²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pèi'ǒuzhě [Phonetic: pèióuzhě]
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄟˋ ㄡˇ ㄓㄜˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pèi-ǒujhě
  - Wade–Giles: pʻei⁴-ou³-chê³
  - Yale: pèi-ǒu-jě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: peyooujee
  - Palladius: пэйоучжэ (pɛjoučžɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰeɪ̯⁵¹ ˀoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: pui³ ngau⁵ ze²
  - Yale: pui ngáuh jé
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pui³ ngau⁵ dze²
  - Guangdong Romanization: pui³ ngeo⁵ zé²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuːi̯³³ ŋɐu̯¹³ t͡sɛː³⁵/

Noun

配偶者

(rare, Japanese or Korean-influenced) spouse

Japanese

Kanji in this term
配	偶	者
はい Grade: 3	ぐう Grade: S	しゃ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
配偶者 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

By surface analysis, 配偶(はいぐう) (haigū) + 者(しゃ) (-sha). 配偶 derived from Chinese.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はいぐうしゃ [hàígúꜜùshà] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ha̠iɡɯ̟ːɕa̠]

Noun

配(はい)偶(ぐう)者(しゃ) • (haigūsha)

spouse

Hyponyms

妻(つま) (tsuma)
夫(おっと) (otto)

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
配	偶	者

Noun

配偶者 • (bae'uja) (hangeul 배우자)

hanja form^? of 배우자 (“spouse”)