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大丈夫
Mandarin · pinyin dà zhàng fu
Meanings
- a manly man
- a man of character
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4–4–5 · da4 zhang4 fu5
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
daai6 zoeng6 fu1
Cantonese word readings for 大丈夫. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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daai6 zoeng6 fu1
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
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noun · Etymology 1
- real man; man of character
adj · Etymology 2
- (Internet slang, ACG) all right; okay
verb · Etymology 2
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) to be OK; to be all right; to be out of danger or trouble; to be fine
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