剋夫

Chinese

		to overcome; subdue; to overthrow to overcome; subdue; to overthrow; restrain; cut down; to be able to	husband; man
trad. (剋夫)		剋	夫
simp. (克夫)		克	夫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kèfū

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ ㄈㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ fu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kèfū
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kèfu
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo⁴-fu¹
    • Yale: kè-fū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kehfu
    • Palladius: кэфу (kɛfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹ fu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hak¹ fu¹
    • Yale: hāk fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ fu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ fuː⁵⁵/

Verb

剋夫

1. (of a woman) to bring bad luck to one's husband; to be a jinx to one's husband

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 剋夫 (“to bring bad luck to one's husband; to be a jinx to one's husband”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		剋夫
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	剋夫
Cantonese	Hong Kong	剋夫
Southern Min	Xiamen	剋翁
	Quanzhou	剋翁
	Tainan	剋翁

Antonyms

• 旺夫 (wàngfū)

Derived terms

• 剋夫相／克夫相