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husband
#49
Chapter-05 HSK-A
4 strokes

Explanation of characters by Herbert A. Giles

Fu is composed, like Heaven of 一 i one and 大 ta great, and seems to have formerly indicated men of exceptional character. It is now used for husband. Read fu2 = now, forasmuch as, etc.

Chinese-English (CC-CEDICT)



husband/man/manual worker/conscripted laborer (old)



(classical) this, that/he, she, they/(exclamatory final particle)/(initial particle, introduces an opinion)

Phrases ending with the given character

xià
gōng
fu
see 下工夫[xia4 gong1 fu5]
xià
gōng
fu
to put in time and energy/to concentrate one's efforts
zuò
gōng
fu
to practice (work skills)
zuò
gōng
fu
to practice (work skills)
jiā
de
Cardiff
wéi
fu
Lviv (Lvov), town in western Ukraine
shǐ
Steve (male name)
shì
scholar officials
zhàng
fu
a manly man/a man of character
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904), Russian writer famous for his short stories and plays
sūn
fu
son's son's wife/grandson's wife
zhuā
gōng
fu
to maximize one's time/to catch some time out/to find enough time/(also 抓工夫)
zhuā
gōng
fu
to maximize one's time/to catch some time out/to find enough time/(also 抓功夫)
ěr
Ralph (name)
Slavic
wèi
hūn
fiancé
zhí
Li Zhifu (c. 14th century), Yuan dynasty playwright in the 雜劇|杂剧[za2 ju4] style
ěr
Wolf, Woolf (name)
qīng
dào
street cleaner/garbage collector
lán
Ulanhu (1906-1988), Soviet trained Mongolian communist who became important PRC military leader
wáng
Wang Yifu (1960-), male PRC pistol shooter and Olympic medalist
yuē
Joseph (name)
jié
Najaf (city in Iraq, a Shia holy city)
xiè
Sharif (name)/Nawaz Sharif (1949-), Pakistani politician
shào
Run Run Shaw (1907-2014), Hong Kong movie and television tycoon
Yu Dafu (1896-1945), poet and novelist
ā
liè
aleph (first letter א of Hebrew alphabet)
gāo
ěr
golf (loanword)

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