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

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): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ 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/

Middle Chinese: /mɨo^X bɨo|pɨo/

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨo^X/	/bɨo/	/pɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/mio^X/	/bio/	/pio/
Shao Rongfen	/mio^X/	/bio/	/pio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muə̆^X/	/buə̆/	/puə̆/
Li Rong	/mio^X/	/bio/	/pio/
Wang Li	/mĭu^X/	/bĭu/	/pĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯u^X/	/bʱi̯u/	/pi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wǔ	fú	fū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou⁵	fu⁴	fu¹

Noun

武夫

(literary) warrior
(literary) soldier

Synonyms

(soldier):

Synonyms of 武夫

兵人 (bīngrén) (literary)
兵仔 (Min Nan, Hakka)
兵勇 (bīngyǒng) (dated)
兵卒 (bīngzú) (dated)
兵士 (bīngshì)
兵跤仔 (Min Nan, dated)
士人 (shìrén) (archaic)
士兵 (shìbīng)
士卒 (shìzú) (archaic)
大兵 (dàbīng) (dated, sometimes derogatory)

旌旗 (jīngqí) (figurative, literary)
武人 (wǔrén)
武士 (wǔshì)
甲士 (jiǎshì) (archaic)
兵員／兵员 (bīngyuán)
師徒／师徒 (shītú) (Classical Chinese)
戰士／战士 (zhànshì)
營兵／营兵 (Min Nan, dated)
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)

a male given name

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