一夫

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	husband; man
simp. and trad. (一夫)		一	夫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīfū

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄈㄨ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīfū [Phonetic: yìfū]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yifu
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-fu¹
    • Yale: yī-fū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ifu
    • Palladius: ифу (ifu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ fu⁵⁵/

Noun

一夫

1. one man
2. one husband
3. (figurative) sole ruler; dictator

Derived terms

• 一夫一妻制 (yīfūyīqīzhì)
• 一夫多妻制 (yīfūduōqīzhì)
• 一夫當關，萬夫莫敵／一夫当关，万夫莫敌
• 一夫當關，萬夫莫開／一夫当关，万夫莫开
• 共事一夫

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	夫
かず Grade: 1	お Grade: 4
nanori

Proper noun

一(かず)夫(お) • (Kazuo) 

1. a male given name