懦夫

Chinese

		imbecile; timid	husband; man
trad. (懦夫)		懦	夫
simp. #(懦夫)		懦	夫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nuòfū

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): no⁶ fu¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): nǒ͘-hu / nō͘-hu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): no³ hu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nuòfū
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nuòfu
    • Wade–Giles: no⁴-fu¹
    • Yale: nwò-fū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuohfu
    • Palladius: нофу (nofu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nu̯ɔ⁵¹ fu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: no⁶ fu¹
    • Yale: noh fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: no⁶ fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: no⁶ fu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɔː²² fuː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nǒ͘-hu
    • Tâi-lô: nǒo-hu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nɔ̃²² hu³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nō͘-hu
    • Tâi-lô: nōo-hu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: noxhw
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /nɔ̃²²⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: no³ hu¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nò hu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /no²¹³⁻⁵⁵ hu³³/

Noun

懦夫

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