夫 (fu1 fu4 | fu1 fu2) : husband; male adult; manual worker

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夫

fu1 fu4

fu1 fu2

[粵] fu1 | [國] fu1
[1] [n] husband
[2] [n] male adult; man
[3] [n] manual worker; labourer

[粵] fu4 | [國] fu2
[1] [pron] he; this; that
[2] [particle] used (a) at beginning of sentence to introduce a subject or (b) in middle or at end of sentence with an exclamatory force.

The fu4/fu2 readings are used only in literary or archaic text.

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 4

Level: 1

Radical: 大 (#37)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

夫

Don't confuse with:
天夭

This word has been viewed 14739 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 14th Jun 2013 14:47

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夫人 fu1 jan4/4*2 fu1 ren5 = wife (another man's ); madam

丈夫 zoeng6 fu1 zhang4 fu5 = husband

夫妻 fu1 cai1 fu1 qi1 = husband and wife

功夫 gung1 fu1 gong1 fu1 = 1] skill; art; labour; effort [2] kung fu

先夫 sin1 fu1 xian1 fu1 = my late husband; [華] 亡夫

未婚夫 mei6 fan1 fu1 wei4 hun1 fu1 = fiancé; fiance; husband-to-be

夫婦 fu1 fu5 fu1 fu4 = husband and wife

工夫 gung1 fu1 gong1 fu1 = time; labour; skill

農夫 nung4 fu1 nong2 fu1 = farmer; FAMA (rap group)

漁夫 jyu4 fu1 yu2 fu1 = fisherman
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呢啲手板眼見功夫你好快就會學識粵
It will not take long before you learn how to do such simple jobs.

大家都知道亞雄吹水功夫一流，佢可以將一件簡單嘅事講到天花龍鳳嚟吸引人。粵
Everyone knows Ah Hung is really good at talking. He can capture his audience by making a simple matter so sophisticated.

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Decimal representation of this word: 夫
Unicode code for this character: U+592b (off-site link)

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