丈夫

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Chinese

Pronunciation 1

		zhang (unit of measurement)	husband; man
simp. and trad. (丈夫)		丈	夫
variant forms		唐晡 Min Dong 唐餔／唐𫗦 Min Dong

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zhàngfu, zhàngfū

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤˋ ˙ㄈㄨ, ㄓㄤˋ ㄈㄨ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): җонфу (žonfu, III-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng⁶ fu¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhong-fû
• Min Dong (BUC): dòng-buŏ
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): tiōng-hu / tiǒng-hu / tiāng-hu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ziang⁶ hu¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): zan fu (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhàngfu
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˋ ˙ㄈㄨ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: janq.fu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhàngfů
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹ fu¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhàngfū
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˋ ㄈㄨ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: janqfu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhàngfu
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹ fu⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: җонфу (žonfu, III-I)
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ʂɔ̃⁴⁴ fʊ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: zoeng⁶ fu¹
    • Yale: jeuhng fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng⁶ fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng⁶ fu¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃœ̽ːŋ²² fuː⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 丈夫 象夫

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhong-fû
    • Hakka Romanization System: cong fu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cong⁴ fu¹
    • IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵ fu²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dòng-buŏ
    • IPA ^(key): /touŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(p-)muo⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiōng-hu
    • Tâi-lô: tiōng-hu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dioxnghw
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ hu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiǒng-hu
    • Tâi-lô: tiǒng-hu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ²² hu³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiāng-hu
    • Tâi-lô: tiāng-hu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diaxnghw
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiaŋ²²⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ziang⁶ hu¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiăng hu
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siaŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ hu³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: zan fu (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /z̻ã²² fv̩ʷ⁴⁴/

Noun

丈夫

1. husband

   • 又對女人說：我必多多加增你懷胎的苦楚；你生產兒女必多受苦楚。你必戀慕你丈夫；你丈夫必管轄你。 [MSC, trad.]
     又对女人说：我必多多加增你怀胎的苦楚；你生产儿女必多受苦楚。你必恋慕你丈夫；你丈夫必管辖你。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 創世記 (Genesis) 3:16

     Yòu duì nǚrén shuō: wǒ bì duōduō jiāzēng nǐ huáitāi de kǔchǔ; nǐ shēngchǎn érnǚ bì duō shòu kǔchǔ. Nǐ bì liànmù nǐ zhàngfu; nǐ zhàngfu bì guǎnxiá nǐ. [Pinyin]

     Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he [thy husband] shall rule over thee.

Synonyms

• (husband):
  • (dated, form of address) 相公 (xiànggong)

Antonyms

• 妻子 (qīzi, “wife”)

Hypernyms

• 配偶 (pèi'ǒu, “spouse”)

Pronunciation 2

		zhang (unit of measurement)	husband; man
simp. and trad. (丈夫)		丈	夫

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhàngfū

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤˋ ㄈㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng⁶ fu¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhong-fû
• Min Nan (POJ): tiōng-hu / tiǒng-hu / tiāng-hu
• Wu (Wiktionary): zan fu (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhàngfū
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˋ ㄈㄨ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: janqfu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhàngfu
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹ fu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: zoeng⁶ fu¹
    • Yale: jeuhng fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng⁶ fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng⁶ fu¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃœ̽ːŋ²² fuː⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 丈夫 象夫

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhong-fû
    • Hakka Romanization System: cong fu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cong⁴ fu¹
    • IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵ fu²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiōng-hu
    • Tâi-lô: tiōng-hu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dioxnghw
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ hu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiǒng-hu
    • Tâi-lô: tiǒng-hu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ²² hu³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiāng-hu
    • Tâi-lô: tiāng-hu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diaxnghw
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiaŋ²²⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: zan fu (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /z̻ã²² fv̩ʷ⁴⁴/

Noun

丈夫

1. man of vigor; brave man
2. (literary) adult man

Pronunciation 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 丈夫 – see 查埔 (“(Min Nan) man”). (This term, 丈夫, is a variant form of 查埔.)

Derived terms

• 丈夫一言，快馬一鞭／丈夫一言，快马一鞭
• 丈夫儂／丈夫侬
• 丈夫囝
• 丈夫女
• 丈夫子
• 丈夫孫／丈夫孙
• 丈夫有淚不輕彈／丈夫有泪不轻弹
• 不丈夫
• 偉丈夫／伟丈夫
• 大丈夫 (dàzhàngfu)
• 大丈夫志在四方

• 大丈夫能屈能伸
• 女丈夫
• 女中丈夫
• 小丈夫
• 恨小非君子，無毒不丈夫／恨小非君子，无毒不丈夫
• 烈丈夫
• 無毒不丈夫／无毒不丈夫
• 男子漢大丈夫／男子汉大丈夫
• 眇小丈夫
• 賤丈夫／贱丈夫
• 量小非君子，無毒不丈夫／量小非君子，无毒不丈夫

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
丈	夫
じょう Grade: S	ぶ Grade: 4
on’yomi

Adjectival noun

丈夫 (-na inflection, hiragana じょうぶ, rōmaji jōbu)

1. durable, indestructible, unbreakable, unwreckable

   水 (みず)に丈夫 (じょうぶ)な時計 (とけい)

   mizu ni jōbu na tokei

   waterproof watch

   丈夫 (じょうぶ)な板 (いた)

   jōbu na ita

   an indestructible plate

Synonyms

• 頑丈 (がんじょう) (ganjō), 強固 (きょうこ) (kyōko), 堅牢 (けんろう) (kenrō), 堅 (かた)い (katai), 壊せない

Antonyms

• 脆弱 (ぜいじゃく) (zeijaku), 脆 (もろ)い (moroi), 壊れやすい

Noun

丈夫 (hiragana じょうぶ, rōmaji jōbu)

1. hero; gentleman
2. good health; robustness

Derived terms

• 大丈夫 (だいじょうぶ) (daijōbu)

Proper noun

丈夫 (hiragana たけお, rōmaji Takeo)

1. A male given name