大夫

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	husband; man
simp. and trad. (大夫)		大	夫

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàifu

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˋ ˙ㄈㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ fu¹
Jin (Wiktionary): dai³ fu²
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): tāi-hu

(Teochew, Peng'im): dai⁶ hu¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dàifu
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˋ ˙ㄈㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: day.fu
  - IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵¹ fu¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ fu¹
  - Yale: daaih fū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ fu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ fu¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑːi̯²² fuː⁵⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: dai³ fu²
  - IPA (old-style): /tai⁴⁵ fu⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-hu
  - Tâi-lô: tāi-hu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daixhw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /taɪ⁴¹⁻²² hu³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /taɪ³³⁻¹¹ hu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /taɪ³³⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dai⁶ hu¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tăi hu
  - IPA ^(key): /tai³⁵⁻¹¹ hu³³/

Noun

大夫

(colloquial) doctor

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 醫生 (“doctor; physician”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		醫生、醫師
Mandarin	Beijing	大夫、醫生
	Taiwan	醫生、大夫
	Tianjin	大夫、醫生
	Jinan	大夫、先生 TCM
	Xi'an	大夫、先生 TCM
	Wuhan	醫生、先生 TCM
	Chengdu	醫生、老師 TCM、先生 TCM
	Yangzhou	醫生、先生 TCM、郎中 TCM
	Hefei	醫生、先生 TCM、郎中 TCM
Cantonese	Guangzhou	醫生、先生 TCM
	Hong Kong	醫生、醫師 TCM
	Taishan	醫生
	Yangjiang	醫生、先生
	Kuala Lumpur	醫生
Gan	Nanchang	醫師、郎中
Hakka	Meixian	醫生、先生
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	先生、醫生、醫師
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	先生、醫生、醫師
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	先生、醫生、醫師
	Dongshi (Dabu)	先生、醫生、醫師
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	先生、醫生、醫師
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	先生、醫生
	Senai	醫生
Jin	Taiyuan	大夫、先生 TCM
Min Bei	Jian'ou	醫生、先生 TCM
Min Dong	Fuzhou	醫生、先生 TCM
Min Nan	Xiamen	醫生、先生
	Quanzhou	醫生、先生
	Zhangzhou	醫生、先生
	Taipei	醫生、先生
	Kaohsiung	醫生、先生
	Tainan	醫生、先生
	Taichung	醫生、先生
	Hsinchu	醫生、先生
	Lukang	醫生、先生
	Sanxia	醫生、先生
	Yilan	醫生、先生
	Kinmen	先生
	Magong	醫生、先生
	Penang	醫生、老君
	Singapore	醫生、老君
	Philippines (Manila)	醫生
	Chaozhou	醫生、先生 TCM
	Johor Bahru	老君
Wu	Shanghai	醫生、郎中 TCM
	Suzhou	醫生、郎中、先生 TCM
	Wenzhou	醫生、先生 TCM
Xiang	Changsha	醫生、醫師 TCM、郎中 TCM、先生 TCM
Xiang	Shuangfeng	醫師、郎中 TCM
Note	TCM: doctor practising traditional Chinese medicine

Derived terms

主治大夫

蒙古大夫

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàfū

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄈㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ fu¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-fû
Min Nan (POJ): tāi-hu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dàfū
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄈㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahfu
  - IPA ^(key): /ta̠⁵¹ fu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ fu¹
  - Yale: daaih fū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ fu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ fu¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑːi̯²² fuː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-fû
  - Hakka Romanization System: tai fu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ fu¹
  - IPA: /tʰa̯i⁵⁵ fu²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-hu
  - Tâi-lô: tāi-hu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daixhw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /taɪ⁴¹⁻²² hu³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /taɪ³³⁻¹¹ hu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /taɪ³³⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/

Noun

大夫

(historical) A governmental job title used during the Spring and Autumn period, the Warring States period and the early Chinese dynasties, whose responsibilities encompassed managing royal and court affairs.

Derived terms

三閭大夫／三闾大夫
下大夫
中散大夫
五大夫
五羖大夫
光祿大夫／光禄大夫
刑不上大夫
卿大夫 (qīngdàfū)
士大夫 (shìdàfū)

大夫松
太中大夫 (tàizhōng dàfū)
奉政大夫
子大夫
御史大夫
莽大夫
諫議大夫／谏议大夫 (jiànyì dàfū)
鄉大夫／乡大夫
金紫光祿大夫／金紫光禄大夫

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (大夫):

Japanese: 大 (たい)夫 (ふ) (taifu)
Korean: 대부 (大夫, daebu)

Proper noun

大夫

A surname.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	夫
たい Grade: 1	ふ Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology 1

from Chinese 大夫　("great" + "man"). Also written as 太夫.

Noun

大夫 (hiragana たいふ, rōmaji taifu)

(historical) an office in Zhou Dynasty, China.
(historical, in Japan) substitutive style of high ranked courtier, particularly officers in the 5th rank (五位).
(historical, in Japan, also daibu) head of shoku(職) or bō(坊), administrative departments of the imperial court.
(historical) karō (家老)
pine tree (based in an episode Qin Shi Huangdi or the First Emperor of Qin granted a pine tree the dignity of Taifu [1.])
style of Shinto shrine headmaster.

Etymology 2

from taifu (see above)

Noun

大夫 (hiragana たゆう, rōmaji tayū)

(in Noh-theater) iemoto or the head master of shite (シテ) acting family.
(in jōruri/bunraku-theater) style of narrators and shamisen players.
(historical, in Edo period) highest ranked prostitutes at the officially approved prostitution areas, such as, Yoshiwara.
leading actor in a manzai pair
style of Shinto shrine headmaster

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