Chinese Word of the Day

渔夫
yú fū

fisherman

Definitions

Chinese > English
渔夫
1. Simplified form of 漁夫
漁夫	yúfū
1. n. fisherman
English > Chinese
fisherman
1. 渔夫
2. 渔船
3. 鱼夫
4. 渔
Components
渔
1. Simplified form of 漁
漁	yú
1. to fish
漁民 - fishermen
漁船 - fishing boat
漁業 - fishery
休漁 - to halt fishing
授.人.以.魚.不如.授.人.以.漁 - give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime
2. to seize; to pursue (illegitimately)
漁利 - to reap unfair gains
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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