大丈夫

Mandarin · pinyin dà zhàng fu

Meanings

  1. a manly man
  2. a man of character
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大
dà · big, great, vast, large, high
丈
zhàng · unit of length equal 3.3 meters; gentleman, man, husband
夫
fū · man, male adult, husband; those
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4–4–5 · da4 zhang4 fu5

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

daai6 zoeng6 fu1

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daai6 zoeng6 fu1

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noun · Etymology 1

  1. real man; man of character

adj · Etymology 2

  1. (Internet slang, ACG) all right; okay

verb · Etymology 2

  1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to be OK; to be all right; to be out of danger or trouble; to be fine

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