煮夫

Chinese

		to cook; to boil	husband; man
simp. and trad. (煮夫)		煮	夫

Etymology

A pun on the similar-sounding 主婦／主妇 (zhǔfù, “housewife”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǔfū

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˇ ㄈㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu² fu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǔfū
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˇ ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǔfu
    • Wade–Giles: chu³-fu¹
    • Yale: jǔ-fū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juufu
    • Palladius: чжуфу (čžufu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyu² fu¹
    • Yale: jyú fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy² fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ju² fu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː³⁵ fuː⁵⁵/

Noun

煮夫

1. husband who cooks (and does other chores) at home; househusband

Derived terms

• 家庭煮夫