The Chinese word for butcher is
屠夫
tú fū
Chinese Definition
| butcher | |
| 1. 屠夫，卖肉者 | |
| Components | |
| 屠 | |
| 1. to slaughter livestock; to butcher livestock | |
| 2. to massacre; to slaughter | |
| 3. butcher | |
| ^屠 ^呦-呦 - Tu Youyou | |
| 4. Only used in 休屠 | |
| 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
| 屠夫 | |
| 1. n. (literal, dated) butcher (person who slaughters animals and sells their meat) | |
| 2. n. (figurative) ruthless ruler |
| 屠宰 | |
| 1. v. to slaughter (an animal for food); to butcher |
| 屠戶 | |
| 1. n. butcher (person who slaughters animals and sells their meat) |
| 屠户 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 屠戶 |
| 屠殺 | |
| 1. v. to butcher (in large numbers); to slaughter; to massacre |
| 屠杀 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 屠殺 |
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