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夫
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- 夫
- fū · man, male adult, husband; those
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Mandarin tones
1 · fu1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
fu1 · fu4
Cantonese word readings for 夫. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- male adult; man
- husband
- manual worker
- conscripted laborer
- a transliteration of the Russian surname -в (-v) of the Slavic male surname suffix
character · Etymology 2
- A generic personal pronoun – he; she; it; they.
- A generic demonstrative pronoun – this; that; these; those.
- Sentence-initial particle which introduces a topic.
- Sentence-final particle, meaning “Is it not?”.
- Meaningless particle in the middle of a sentence.
character · Etymology 4
- (Cantonese, informal, card games) full house
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