怯夫

Chinese

		afraid; rustic	husband; man
simp. and trad. (怯夫)		怯	夫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qièfū, quèfū

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄈㄨ, ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄈㄨ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qièfū
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cièfu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻieh⁴-fu¹
    • Yale: chyè-fū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiehfu
    • Palladius: цефу (cefu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹ fu⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quèfū
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuèfu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüeh⁴-fu¹
    • Yale: chywè-fū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuehfu
    • Palladius: цюэфу (cjuefu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹ fu⁵⁵/

Noun

怯夫

1. coward; craven

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 懦夫 (“coward; craven”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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