"武夫" meaning in Chinese

See 武夫 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /mou̯¹³ fuː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵⁵/, /mou̯¹³ fuː⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: wǔfū [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨˇ ㄈㄨ [Mandarin, bopomofo], mou⁵ fu¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], wǔfū [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄨˇ ㄈㄨ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], wǔfu [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], wu³-fu¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], wǔ-fū [Mandarin, Yale, standard], wuufu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], уфу [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], ufu [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], móuh fū [Cantonese, Yale], mou⁵ fu¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], mou⁵ fu¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], mjuX bju|pju [Middle-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 武夫
  1. (literary) warrior Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-武夫-zh-noun-~7KRAyg7 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46
  2. (literary) soldier Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-武夫-zh-noun-4MCMKx9T Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Occupations Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of Occupations: 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 赳赳武夫 (jiūjiūwǔfū)
Categories (other): Military, People Disambiguation of Military: 0 0 Disambiguation of People: 0 0 Synonyms: 兵人 (bīngrén) [literary], 兵仔 [Hakka, Hokkien], 兵勇 (bīngyǒng) [dated], 兵卒 (bīngzú) [dated], 兵員 (bīngyuán), 兵员 (bīngyuán), 兵士 (bīngshì), 兵跤仔 [Hokkien, dated], 士人 (shìrén) [archaic], 士兵 (shìbīng), 士卒 (shìzú) [archaic], 大兵 (dàbīng) [dated, derogatory, sometimes], 師徒 (shītú) [Classical-Chinese], 师徒 (shītú) [Classical-Chinese], 戰士 (zhànshì), 战士 (zhànshì), 旌旗 (jīngqí) [figuratively, literary], 武人 (wǔrén), 武士 (wǔshì), 營兵 [Hokkien, dated], 营兵 [Hokkien, dated], 甲士 (jiǎshì) [archaic], 軍人 (jūnrén), 军人 (jūnrén), 軍士 (jūnshì), 军士 (jūnshì), 部卒 (bùzú) [dated]
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