人夫

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénfū

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄈㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ fu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénfū
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénfu
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-fu¹
    • Yale: rén-fū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renfu
    • Palladius: жэньфу (žɛnʹfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ fu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ fu¹
    • Yale: yàhn fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ fu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ fuː⁵⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 人夫

1. (obsolete) forced labour; coolie; corvée
2. (obsolete) labourer; worker
3. 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”)