夫

fū

HSK 33 readings

“Husband” in Chinese is 夫 (fū).

Other characters with the syllable fu: see all 35 →

Meaning

husband
man
manual worker

Show 5 more meanings

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

Example

我父亲是个大夫。

My father's a doctor.

From 大夫 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

fūhusband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old)
fú(classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion)

Stroke Order

4 strokes

Words containing 夫

大夫dàifusenior official (in imperial China)HSK 3 工夫gōngfuperiod of time (may be months, or mere seconds)HSK 3 功夫gōngfuskillHSK 3 夫妇fūfùa (married) coupleHSK 4 夫妻fūqīhusband and wife; married coupleHSK 4 夫人fūrénladyHSK 4 丈夫zhàngfuhusbandHSK 4 下功夫xià gōngfuvariant of 下工夫[xia4 gong1 fu5]HSK 7-9

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