Chinese Word of the Day

农夫
nóng fū

farmer

Definitions

Chinese > English
农夫
1. Simplified form of 農夫
農夫	nóngfū
1. n. peasant; farmer
English > Chinese
farmer
1. 农夫
2. 农民
3. 农业家
4. 农场主
5. 租税承包人
6. 幼儿代养人
7. 农人
8. 佃
Components
农
1. Simplified form of 農
農	nóng
1. to cultivate; to farm
2. land cultivation; farming; agriculture
3. farmer; grower
菜農 - vegetable farmer
4. (Catholicism) Nun
夫	fū
1. male adult; man
2. The gate of the Sword Parapet stands firm on its frightful height.One man defending it, a thousand men could not break it open.
3. , ref=(circa2, early 8th century, short=yes), Li Bai (lw, zh, 李白), lw, zh, s:zh:蜀道難 (李白), 蜀道難. Translated into the English as The Steep Road to Shuh by Shigeyoshi Obata (lang, ja, 小畑薫良), 1922.
4. husband
前夫 - ex-husband
夫婦 - married couple
5. manual worker
農夫 - peasant
漁夫 - fisherman
6. conscripted laborer
7. Variant of 伕
8. (Cantonese, informal, card games) full house
伕	fū
1. Alternative form of 夫 (common laborer)
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