武夫

Chinese

		martial; military	husband; man
simp. and trad. (武夫)		武	夫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔfū

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄈㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ fu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔfū
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔfu
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-fu¹
    • Yale: wǔ-fū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuufu
    • Palladius: уфу (ufu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ fu¹
    • Yale: móuh fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ fu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ fuː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: mjuX bju|pju

Rime
Character	武	夫	夫
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	並 (3)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	虞 (24)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	文甫切	防無切	甫無切
Baxter	mjuX	bju	pju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨoX/	/bɨo/	/pɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/mioX/	/bio/	/pio/
Shao Rongfen	/mioX/	/bio/	/pio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muə̆X/	/buə̆/	/puə̆/
Li Rong	/mioX/	/bio/	/pio/
Wang Li	/mĭuX/	/bĭu/	/pĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯uX/	/bʱi̯u/	/pi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wǔ	fú	fū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou5	fu4	fu1

Noun

武夫

1. (literary) warrior
2. (literary) soldier

Synonyms

• (soldier):

• 兵人 (bīngrén) (literary)
• 兵仔 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 兵勇 (bīngyǒng) (dated)
• 兵卒 (bīngzú) (dated)
• 兵員／兵员 (bīngyuán)
• 兵士 (bīngshì)
• 兵跤仔 (Hokkien, dated)
• 士人 (shìrén) (archaic)
• 士兵 (shìbīng)
• 士卒 (shìzú) (archaic)
• 大兵 (dàbīng) (dated, sometimes derogatory)
• 師徒／师徒 (shītú) (Classical Chinese)
• 戰士／战士 (zhànshì)
• 旌旗 (jīngqí) (figurative, literary)
• 武人 (wǔrén)
• 武士 (wǔshì)
• 營兵／营兵 (Hokkien, dated)
• 甲士 (jiǎshì) (archaic)
• 軍人／军人 (jūnrén)
• 軍士／军士 (jūnshì)

 

Derived terms

• 赳赳武夫 (jiūjiūwǔfū)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
武	夫
たけ Grade: 5	お Grade: 4
kun’yomi	nanori

Proper noun

武(たけ)夫(お) • (Takeo) 

1. a male given name