車夫
Chinese
[edit]vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe |
husband; man | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (車夫) | 車 | 夫 | |
| simp. (车夫) | 车 | 夫 | |
| alternative forms | 車伕／车伕 | ||
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ce1 fu1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhia-hu
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1tsho-fu
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄜ ㄈㄨ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chefu
- Wade–Giles: chʻê1-fu1
- Yale: chē-fū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chefu
- Palladius: чэфу (čɛfu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵ fu⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ce1 fu1
- Yale: chē fū
- Cantonese Pinyin: tse1 fu1
- Guangdong Romanization: cé1 fu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵ fuː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- Wu
Noun
[edit]車夫
- cart driver; coachman; rickshaw puller; carter
- 不一會，北風小了，路上浮塵早已刮淨，剩下一條潔白的大道來，車夫也跑得更快。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1920, Lu Xun, 一件小事 (An Incident)
- Bùyīhuì, běifēng xiǎo le, lùshàng fúchén zǎo yǐ guā jìng, shèngxià yī tiáo jiébái de dàdào lái, chēfū yě pǎo dé gèng kuài. [Pinyin]
- Presently the wind dropped a little. By now the loose dust had all been blown away, leaving the roadway clean, and the rickshaw man quickened his pace.
不一会，北风小了，路上浮尘早已刮净，剩下一条洁白的大道来，车夫也跑得更快。 [MSC, simp.]
- (dialectal, overseas) driver; chauffeur