匹夫

Chinese

		(measure word for horses, mules, a bolt of cloth); ordinary person; mate (measure word for horses, mules, a bolt of cloth); ordinary person; mate; one of a pair	husband; man
simp. and trad. (匹夫)		匹	夫

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pǐfū

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˇ ㄈㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pat¹ fu¹
Min Nan (POJ): phit-hu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: pǐfū
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˇ ㄈㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piifu
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ fu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: pat¹ fu¹
  - Yale: pāt fū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pat⁷ fu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ped¹ fu¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰɐt̚⁵ fuː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phit-hu
  - Tâi-lô: phit-hu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phithw
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰit̚⁵⁻²⁴ hu³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰit̚³²⁻⁵ hu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰit̚³²⁻⁴ hu⁴⁴/

Noun

匹夫

(literary) commoner; ordinary person
(literary) ignorant person

Derived terms

匹夫之勇

天下興亡，匹夫有責／天下兴亡，匹夫有责 (tiānxià xīngwáng, pǐfū yǒuzé)

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