人夫

Chinese

		man; person; people	husband; man
simp. and trad. (人夫)		人	夫
variant forms		人伕／人夫 “labourer”
anagram		夫人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rénfū

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄈㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ fu¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: rénfū
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄈㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renfu
  - IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ fu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁴ fu¹
  - Yale: yàhn fū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ fu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ fu¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ fuː⁵⁵/

Noun

人夫

(obsolete) forced labour; coolie; corvée
(obsolete) labourer; worker
another person's husband
已為人夫 / 已为人夫 ― yǐ wéi rénfū ― to have become another person's husband

Coordinate terms

(another person's husband): 人妻 (rénqī, “another person's wife”)

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