"夫" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Prononciation
Mandarin fū; fú
Entry Methods
Pinyin fu1; fu2
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Sijiao 5003.0
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CNS 11643 1-4533
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GB2312 B7F2
BIG5 A4D2
Results for 夫
 fū husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old)
 fú (classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion)
Results beginning with 夫
 fū qī husband and wife / married couple
 fū ren lady / madam / Mrs. / CL:位[wei4]
 fū fù a (married) couple / husband and wife / CL:對|对[dui4]
 fū zǐ Master (old form of address for teachers, scholars) / (used sarcastically) pedant
婿 fū xù (literary) husband
 fū quán authority over the household
 fū yì corvee / laborer
 Fū yú Pu'yo, Korean Buyeo (c. 200 BC-494 AD), ancient kingdom in northeast frontier region of China
 fū qī diàn family-run shop
 fū qī liǎn see 夫妻相[fu1 qi1 xiang4]
 fū qī xiàng similarity in features of an old couple / common facial traits that show predestination to be married together
 fū chàng fù suí fig. the man sings and the woman follows / fig. marital harmony
 fū qī fǎn mù man and wife fall out (idiom, from Book of Changes) / marital strife
 Fū zǐ zì dào appearing to be praising others while actually praising yourself / one's criticism of others exposes one's own faults
  heterosexuality
 fū qī fèi piàn popular Sichuan cold dish made of thinly sliced beef and beef offal
  Couple to Couple League International
  Convention on the Law Applicable to Matrimonial Property Regimes
Approximate Results for 夫
 zhàng fu husband / CL:個|个[ge4]
 gōng fu skill / art / kung fu / labor / effort
 dà fū senior official (in imperial China)
 dài fu doctor / physician
 gōng fu period of time (may be months, or mere seconds) / spare time / skill / labor / effort
 gōng fū (old) laborer
 nóng fū peasant / farmer
 jiě fu (coll.) older sister's husband
 qián fū former husband
 chē fū cart driver / coachman
 tú fū butcher / fig. murderous dictator
 yú fū fisherman
 nuò fū coward
 Jié fū Jeff or Geoff (name)
 qiáo fū woodman / woodcutter
 lā fū to force into service / press-gang
 pǐ fū ordinary man / ignorant person / coarse fellow
 mèi fu younger sister's husband
 fán fū common person / ordinary guy / mortal man
 chuán fū boatman
 qíng fū married woman's lover
 mǎ fū groom / stable lad / horsekeeper / pimp / procurer
 jiān fū male adulterer
轿 jiào fū porter for a palanquin
 Kǎ fū Kraft, US food company
 zǐ fu older sister's husband
 bìng fū sick man
 yí fu mother's sister's husband / husband of mother's sister
 qiàn fū burlak (barge hauler)
 qiān fū a lot of people (literary)
 tiāo fū porter
 jiǎo fū porter / bearer
 gēng fū night watchman (in former times)
 huǒ fū mess cook (old)
 guān fū old wifeless man / bachelor / widower
 gū fu father's sister's husband / husband of paternal aunt / uncle
 dú fū sole ruler / dictator
 pīn fū lover (of a woman) / illicit partner / paramour
 dīng fū (in ancient times) a man old enough for corvée or military service
 fàn fū peddler / street vendor
 gàng fū pole carrier / coffin-bearer
 huá fū waffle (loanword)
 Hú fū Khufu (pharaoh, reigned possibly 2590-2568 BC)
 kuàng fū bachelor / unmarried man
 lǎo fū I (spoken by an old man)
 Mǐ fū Pavel Aleksandrovich Mif (1901-1938), Ukrainian Soviet expert on Chinese affairs, secretly executed in Stalin's purges
 rén fū married man / husband (as a social role)
 wō fū waffle (loanword)
 yú fū fisher / fisherman
 zhēng fū traveler / soldier on expedition / soldier taking part in battle
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 gāo ěr fū golf (loanword)
 xià gōng fu see 下工夫[xia4 gong1 fu5]
 dà zhàng fu a manly man / a man of character
 wèi hūn fū fiancé
 Shǐ dì fū Steve (male name)
 Yuē sè fū Joseph (name)
 shì dà fū scholar officials
 Wò ěr fū Wolf, Woolf (name)
 xià gōng fu to put in time and energy / to concentrate one's efforts
 Huò fū màn Hofmann or Hoffman (name) / August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818-1892), German chemist / Dustin Hoffman (1937-), US film actor
 qīng dào fū street cleaner / garbage collector / (soccer) sweeper
 Lā ěr fū Ralph (name)
 Kǎ fū kǎ Franz Kafka (1883-1924), Czech Jewish writer
 Kǒng fū zǐ Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔子[Kong3 zi3]
 Sī lā fū Slavic
 Nà jié fū Najaf (city in Iraq, a Shia holy city)
 gōng fu chá very concentrated type of tea drunk in Chaozhou, Fujian and Taiwan
 Qì hē fū Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904), Russian writer famous for his short stories and plays
 fèi gōng fu to spend a great deal of time and effort / (of a task) demanding / exacting
 gōng fu chá very concentrated type of tea consumed in Chaozhou, Fujian and Taiwan / variant of 功夫茶[gong1 fu5 cha2]
 biǎo jiě fu husband of older female cousin via female line
 Shào Yì fū Run Run Shaw (1907-2014), Hong Kong movie and television tycoon
 Wáng Fū zhī Wang Fuzhi (1619-1692), wide-ranging scholar of the Ming-Qing transition
 jī luò fū Kirov
 Xiè lǐ fū Sharif (name) / Nawaz Sharif (1949-), Pakistani politician
  Love wave / Querwellen wave / Q wave: LQ wave
  mufti
 ā fū lú Aflou
 ā liè fū aleph (first letter א / of Hebrew alphabet)
 biǎo mèi fu husband of younger female cousin via female line
 dì fú rén Tiv
 gōng fu qiú see 鐵球|铁球[tie3 qiu2]
 Jiā de fū Cardiff
 Kǎi fū lā Kevlar
 kē fū tǎ kofta
 Lā fū bǎo Loughborough, English city
 Lè wéi fu Lviv (Lvov), town in western Ukraine
 Lǐ Zhí fū Li Zhifu (c. 14th century), Yuan dynasty playwright in the 雜劇|杂剧[za2 ju4] style
 Luō fū nuò Rivne (or Rovno), city in western Ukraine / Rivne (Oblast)
 Mù fū zuò Boötes (constellation)
 rú fū ren (old) concubine
 sāi tí fū Sétif
 Shé fū zuò Ophiuchus (constellation)
 sūn xí fu son's son's wife / grandson's wife
 tǎ fū chóu taffeta
 tài fū rén (old) dowager / old lady (title for the mother of a noble or an official)
 tǎng jiě fu husband of older female cousin via male line
 táng jiě fu husband of older female cousin via male line
 táng mèi fu husband of younger female cousin via male line
 Wàng fū Shí Amah Rock in Sha Tin 沙田[Sha1 tian2], Hong Kong
 Wáng Yì fū Wang Yifu (1960-), male PRC pistol shooter and Olympic medalist
 wò kè fú waqf
 Wū lán fū Ulanhu (1906-1988), Soviet-trained Mongolian communist who became important PRC military leader
 xiè lì fū Chlef
 Yù Dá fū Yu Dafu (1896-1945), poet and novelist
 yū fū zǐ pedant / old fogey
 Yù fū zuò Auriga (constellation)
 Yù fū zuò Sculptor (constellation)
 zhāng zǐ fū Pete
 zhuā gōng fu to maximize one's time / to catch some time out / to find enough time / (also 抓工夫)
 zhuā gōng fu to maximize one's time / to catch some time out / to find enough time / (also 抓功夫)
 zuò gōng fu to practice (work skills)
 zuò gōng fu to practice (work skills)
 gāo ěr fū qiú golf / golf ball
 Nán sī lā fū Yugoslavia, 1943-1992
 Mǎ ěr dài fū the Maldives
 fán fū sú zǐ common people / ordinary folk
 xiàng fū jiào zǐ to assist one's husband and educate the children (idiom) / the traditional roles of a good wife
 yī fū duō qī polygamy
 sān lún chē fū pedicab driver
 Kè lì fū lán Cleveland
西 A1 xī mò fū Isaac Asimov (1920-1992), American author and biochemist
 Luó sī tuō fū Rostov-on-Don, Russian river port and regional capital close to Sea of Azov (north of the Black Sea)
 Mén jié liè fū Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (1834-1907), Russian chemist who introduced the periodic table
 dú fū mín zéi tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom) / traitorous dictator
 fàn fū sú zi peddlers and common people / lower class
 fàn fū zǒu zú lit. peddlers and carriers / common people / lower class
 lù shuǐ fū qī a couple in a short-lived, improper relationship
 mín zéi dú fū tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom) / traitorous dictator
 pǐ fū pǐ fù ordinary people / commoners
  The Vision from Banff
 Aī fū bó lǐ Avebury (stone circle near Stonehenge)
 Bā fǔ Luò fū Pavlov (name) / Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849-1936), Russian experimental psychologist
 bàn táng fū qī weekend spouse / relationship involving a sugar-daddy
 bào lǐ suǒ fū Barysau
 Bì ní ào fū Hugo Benioff (1899-1968), Caltech seismologist
 Bù lā suǒ fū Braşov, Romania
 dá fū léng jìng dove
 dǎ gāo ěr fū to play golf
 Dài ěr fū tè Delft, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
 dì yī fū rén First Lady (wife of US president)
 Dōng yà bìng fū (derog.) the sick man of Asia (term used in the West in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to refer to China in its weakened state after the Opium Wars)
 Dù sè dào fū Düsseldorf (Germany) / also written 杜塞爾多夫|杜塞尔多夫[Du4 sai1 er3 duo1 fu1]
 Dù suō Fū ren Madame Tussauds (waxworks)
 fàn gé ěr fū Vingólf
 Fú sī tǎ fū Falstaff (Shakespearian character)
 fú tián kāng fū FUKUDA Yasuo (1936-), Japanese LDP politician, prime minister 2007-2008
 gōng fu bìng dú kung flu
 gōng fu liú gǎn Chinese translation of "kung flu", a term used by US President Trump in 2020 to refer to COVID-19 as a "Chinese" disease
 gōng jué fū rén duchess
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