水夫

Chinese

		water; river	husband; man
simp. and trad. (水夫)		水	夫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐfū

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄈㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² fu¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-hu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐfū
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěifu
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-fu¹
    • Yale: shwěi-fū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeifu
    • Palladius: шуйфу (šujfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² fu¹
    • Yale: séui fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² fu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ fuː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-hu
    • Tâi-lô: tsuí-hu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'hw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴/

Noun

水夫

1. boatman; seaman

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (水夫):

• → Japanese: 水(すい)夫(ふ) (suifu)
• → Korean: 수부(水夫) (subu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	夫
すい Grade: 1	ふ Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) す​いふ [súꜜìfù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [sɨᵝiɸɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

水(すい)夫(ふ) • (suifu) 

1. a sailor, a seaman.