懦夫
Chinese
| imbecile; timid | husband; man | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (懦夫) | 懦 | 夫 | |
| simp. #(懦夫) | 懦 | 夫 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): no6 fu1
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: nuòfū
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄨ
- Tongyong Pinyin: nuòfu
- Wade–Giles: no4-fu1
- Yale: nwò-fū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuohfu
- Palladius: нофу (nofu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /nu̯ɔ⁵¹ fu⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: no6 fu1
- Yale: noh fū
- Cantonese Pinyin: no6 fu1
- Guangdong Romanization: no6 fu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /nɔː²² fuː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nǒ͘-hu
- Tâi-lô: nǒo-hu
- IPA (Quanzhou): /nɔ̃²² hu³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nō͘-hu
- Tâi-lô: nōo-hu
- Phofsit Daibuun: noxhw
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /nɔ̃²²⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: no3 hu1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nò hu
- Sinological IPA (key): /no²¹³⁻⁵⁵ hu³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
Noun
懦夫
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 懦夫 (“coward; craven”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 懦夫, 怯夫 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 膽小鬼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 孬火藥 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 冇膽鬼, 冇膽匪類 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 苶毬 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 荏貨 |
| Quanzhou | 懾屎跤 | |
| Zhangzhou | 荏貨, 統雞 | |
| Tainan | 術仔 GT | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 膽小鬼 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 孱頭, 孱頭東西 |
| Hangzhou | 膽小鬼兒 | |