丈夫

ChineseEdit

Pronunciation 1Edit

		ten feet	husband; man
simp. and trad. (丈夫)		丈	夫
alt. forms		唐晡 Min Dong 唐餔／唐𫗦 Min Dong

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhàngfu, zhàngfū

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄤˋ ㄈㄨ˙, ㄓㄤˋ ㄈㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng⁶ fu¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhong-fû
Min Dong (BUC): dòng-buŏ
Min Nan (POJ): tiōng-hu / tiǒng-hu / tiāng-hu
Wu (Wiktionary): zan fu (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhàngfu
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˋ ㄈㄨ˙
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: janq.fu
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹ fu¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhàngfū
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˋ ㄈㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: janqfu
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹ fu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zoeng⁶ fu¹
  - Yale: jeuhng fū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng⁶ fu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêng⁶ fu¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕœːŋ²² fuː⁵⁵/
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, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiōng-hu
  - Tâi-lô: tiōng-hu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dioxnghw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ 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/

NounEdit

丈夫

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.

SynonymsEdit

(husband):
- (dated, form of address) 相公 (xiànggōng)
- (informal) 老公 (lǎogōng)
- (formal) 先生 (xiānshēng)
- (husband or wife, mainland China) 愛人／爱人 (àirén)

AntonymsEdit

妻子 (qīzǐ, “wife”)

HypernymsEdit

配偶 (pèi'ǒu, “spouse”)

Pronunciation 2Edit

		ten feet	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)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhàngfū
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˋ ㄈㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: janqfu
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹ fu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zoeng⁶ fu¹
  - Yale: jeuhng fū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng⁶ fu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêng⁶ fu¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕœːŋ²² fuː⁵⁵/
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, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiōng-hu
  - Tâi-lô: tiōng-hu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dioxnghw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ 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/

NounEdit

丈夫

man of vigor; brave man
(literary) adult man

Pronunciation 3Edit

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 termsEdit

JapaneseEdit

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

Adjectival nounEdit

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

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