船夫

Chinese

		a boat; vessel; ship	husband; man
trad. (船夫/船伕)		船	夫/伕
simp. (船夫)		船	夫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuánfū

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄈㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun⁴ fu¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chûn-hu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuánfū
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuánfu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻuan²-fu¹
    • Yale: chwán-fū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwanfu
    • Palladius: чуаньфу (čuanʹfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵ fu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun⁴ fu¹
    • Yale: syùhn fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn⁴ fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun⁴ fu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn²¹ fuː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chûn-hu
    • Tâi-lô: tsûn-hu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zunhw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sun²⁴⁻²² hu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sun¹³⁻²² hu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sun²⁴⁻²² hu³³/

Noun

船夫

1. boatman; boat worker; ferryman

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 船夫 (“boatman; helmsman”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		船夫, 艄公, 船家, 船戶, 舵手, 舟子, 水手, 梢人
Cantonese	Guangzhou	撐船公, 船家
Hakka	Meixian	船家佬
Northern Min	Jian'ou	船艄工
Southern Min	Xiamen	船舵, 船舵公, 舵工 dated
	Quanzhou	船舵, 船舵公, 渡伯, 舵工 dated
	Zhangzhou	船舵, 船舵公, 渡伯, 舵工 dated
	Shantou	捍舵, 撐船人
Xiang	Changsha	駕船的

• 船工 (chuángōng)
• (Northern Min) 船艄工