The Chinese word for fisherman is
渔夫
yú fū
Chinese Definition
| fisherman | |
| 1. 渔夫 | |
| 2. 渔船 | |
| 3. 鱼夫 | |
| 4. 渔 | |
| Components | |
| 渔 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 漁 | |
| 夫 | |
| 1. male adult; man | |
| 2. The gate of the Sword Parapet stands firm on its frightful height.One man defending it, a thousand men could not break it open. | |
| 3. , ref=(circa2, early 8th century, short=yes), Li Bai (lw, zh, 李白), lw, zh, s:zh:蜀道難 (李白), 蜀道難. Translated into the English as The Steep Road to Shuh by Shigeyoshi Obata (lang, ja, 小畑薫良), 1922. | |
| 4. husband | |
| 前夫 - ex-husband | |
| 夫婦 - married couple | |
| 5. manual worker | |
| 農夫 - peasant | |
| 漁夫 - fisherman | |
| 6. conscripted laborer | |
| 7. Variant of 伕 | |
| 8. (Cantonese, informal, card games) full house |
Translations for 夫 and their definitions
| 漁夫 | |
| 1. n. fisherman |
| 渔夫 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 漁夫 |
| 漁民 | |
| 1. n. fishermen; fisherfolk |
| 渔民 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 漁民 |
| 漁人 | |
| 1. n. fisher; fisherman |
| 渔人 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 漁人 |
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yú fū
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