尊夫人

zūnfūrén

noun #37,090

Meanings

1 your wife (honorific)
2 (archaic) your mother (honorific)

Characters

honored / respectful

Examples

请代我向尊夫人问好。

Qǐng dài wǒ xiàng zūnfūrén wènhǎo.

Please give my regards to your wife.

尊夫人最近身体可好？

Zūnfūrén zuìjìn shēntǐ kě hǎo?

Has your wife been in good health recently?

Tips

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尊夫人 is a polite, formal way to refer to the listener's wife — common in letters, formal speech, and historical fiction. In modern speech 您夫人 or simply 太太 is more usual; 尊夫人 sounds elevated or old-fashioned.

Stroke Order

尊 zūn

夫 fū

人 rén