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大夫
dàifu
1. doctor
2. physician
HSK 4 Very Common • Top 4%

Character Breakdown

大
dà
big, great, vast, high, deep
HSK 1 3 丶
夫
fū
man, husband; worker; those
HSK 2 4 丶

Compound Words (2)

光禄大夫
guānglùdàifu
honorific title during Tang to Qing times, approx. "Glorious grand master"
蒙古大夫
Měnggǔdàifu
(coll.) quack (doctor)

Example Sentences (1)

大夫怎么说的？
Dàifu zěnme shuō de?
What did the doctor say?
Text 3

Alternate Entries

大夫
dàfū
senior official (in imperial China)
HSK 4

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
3,039 of 84,292