懦夫

Chinese

		imbecile; timid	husband; man
trad. (懦夫)		懦	夫
simp. #(懦夫)		懦	夫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nuòfū

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): no⁶ fu¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): nǒ͘-hu / nō͘-hu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): no³ hu¹

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• 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/
• 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/
• 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/

Noun

懦夫

1. coward; weakling

Synonyms

• 膽小鬼／胆小鬼 (dǎnxiǎoguǐ)
• 孱頭／孱头 (càntou)
• (Cantonese) 冇膽鬼／冇胆鬼, 冇膽匪類／冇胆匪类
• (Hokkien) 懾屎跤／慑屎跤, 荏貨／荏货, 統雞／统鸡