匹夫

Chinese

		(measure word for horses, mules, a bolt of cloth); ordinary person; mate (measure word for horses, mules, a bolt of cloth); ordinary person; mate; one of a pair	husband; man
simp. and trad. (匹夫)		匹	夫

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pǐfū

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˇ ㄈㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pat¹ fu¹
Min Nan (POJ): phit-hu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: pǐfū
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˇ ㄈㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piifu
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ fu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: pat¹ fu¹
  - Yale: pāt fū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pat⁷ fu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ped¹ fu¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰɐt̚⁵ fuː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phit-hu
  - Tâi-lô: phit-hu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phithw
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰit̚⁵⁻²⁴ hu³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰit̚³²⁻⁵ hu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰit̚³²⁻⁴ hu⁴⁴/

Noun

匹夫

(literary) ordinary man
(literary) the common people; the masses; ordinary citizens
(literary) ordinary person; unexceptional individual
(literary) autocrat
(literary, derogatory) ignorant person

Synonyms

(common people):

Synonyms of 匹夫

一般人 (yībānrén)
世人 (shìrén)
世間人／世间人 (Min Nan)
人民 (rénmín)
人群 (rénqún)
公眾／公众 (gōngzhòng)
凡人 (fánrén)
匹夫 (pǐfū) (literary)
大眾／大众 (dàzhòng)
子民 (zǐmín)
布衣 (bùyī)
常人 (chángrén)
平人 (píngrén) (literary)
平常人 (píngchángrén)

平民 (píngmín)
庶人 (shùrén) (literary)
庶民 (shùmín) (literary)
民人 (mínrén) (literary)
民眾／民众 (mínzhòng)
白衣 (báiyī) (historical)
白衣人 (báiyīrén) (historical)
百姓 (bǎixìng)
群眾／群众 (qúnzhòng)
老百姓 (lǎobǎixìng)
草民 (cǎomín)
黎民 (límín) (literary)
黔首 (qiánshǒu) (archaic)

Derived terms

匹夫之勇

天下興亡，匹夫有責／天下兴亡，匹夫有责 (tiānxià xīngwáng, pǐfū yǒuzé)

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