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

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

coward; weakling

Synonyms

膽小鬼／胆小鬼 (dǎnxiǎoguǐ)
孱頭／孱头 (càntou)
(Cantonese) 冇膽鬼／冇胆鬼, 冇膽匪類／冇胆匪类
(Hokkien) 懾屎跤／慑屎跤, 荏貨／荏货, 統雞／统鸡

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