Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/夫-fū-man;-husband

夫 fū man; husband in Mandarin Chinese

Definition

Radical is 大 dà. Distinguish 夫 from 大, 天 tiān, and 文 wén.

Examples

• 夫人 fūren madam, lady; another’s wife (polite usage) [N]
• 张夫人 (張夫人) Zhāng Fūren Madam Zhang
• 表姐夫 biăojiĕfū husband of older female cousin of a different surname [N]

Sources

Book: Intermediate Written Chinese by Cornelius C. Kubler

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