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(zhàng fu) - husband in Mandarin

zhàngfu

Traditional: 丈夫

Line drawing of 丈夫
Coloured illustration of 丈夫
HSK 4
#488 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

husband

Word origin

丈夫 (zhàngfu) 'husband' combines 丈 (zhàng, a unit of length and 'senior man') and 夫 (fū, 'man, husband'). 丈 shows a hand holding a measuring staff; 夫 is a pictograph of an adult man with a hairpin marking him as grown.

Origin
compound
Root
丈 (zhàng, 'senior man') + 夫 (fū, pictograph of an adult man)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 丈

Stroke order for 夫

Examples

tiē

Her husband is very considerate.

The husband is working away from home.

I love my husband.

Her husband is a doctor.

tiē

He is a considerate husband.

丈夫 (zhàng fu) - husband.

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This word is part of lesson 10.