水夫

Chinese

		water; river	husband; man
simp. and trad. (水夫)		水	夫

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuǐfū

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄈㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² fu¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-hu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐfū
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄈㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuěifu
  - Wade–Giles: shui³-fu¹
  - Yale: shwěi-fū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeifu
  - Palladius: шуйфу (šujfu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi² fu¹
  - Yale: séui fū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² fu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu² fu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ fuː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-hu
  - Tâi-lô: tsuí-hu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'hw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hu³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴/

Noun

水夫

boatman; seaman

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (水夫):

→ Japanese: 水(すい)夫(ふ) (suifu)
→ Korean: 수부(水夫) (subu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	夫
すい Grade: 1	ふ Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) すいふ [súꜜìfù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sɨiɸɯ̟]

Noun

水(すい)夫(ふ) • (suifu)

a sailor, a seaman.

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN