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丈夫
zhàngfu
1. husband
2. CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
HSK 2 Very Common • Top 1%

Character Breakdown

丈
zhàng
gentleman, man, husband; unit of length equal to 3.3 meters
HSK 2 3 丶
夫
fū
man, husband; worker; those
HSK 2 4 丶

Compound Words (4)

大丈夫
dàzhàngfu
a manly man
无毒不丈夫
wúdúbùzhàngfu
no poison, no great man (idiom); A great man has to be ruthless.
男子汉大丈夫
nánzǐhàndàzhàngfu
(coll.) he-man
大丈夫能屈能伸
dàzhàngfunéngqūnéngshēn
A leader can submit or can stand tall as required.

Example Sentences (5)

刚结婚的时候，我丈夫是中学老师，他喜欢每天早上起床后，一边吃早饭一边看报纸。
Gāng jiéhūn de shíhou, wǒ zhàngfu shì zhōngxué lǎoshī, tā xǐhuan měitiān zǎoshang qǐchuáng hòu, yì biān chī zǎofàn yì biān kàn bàozhǐ.
When we had just gotten married, my husband was a middle school teacher. He liked to eat breakfast while reading the newspaper every morning after getting up.
Text 4
这是我和我丈夫的，旁边那个小的房间是我女儿的。
Zhè shì wǒ hé wǒ zhàngfu de,pángbiān nà gè xiǎo de fángjiān shì wǒ nǚ'ér de.
This is my husband's and mine; that small room next to it is my daughter's.
Text 3
我丈夫是个很幽默的人。
Wǒ zhàngfu shì gè hěn yōumò de rén.
My husband is a very humorous person.
Text 5
我和丈夫刚结婚的时候，每天都觉得很新鲜，在一起有说不完的话。但是现在…
Wǒ hé zhàngfu gāng jiéhūn de shíhou, měitiān dōu juéde hěn xīnxiān, zài yìqǐ yǒu shuō bù wán de huà. dànshì xiànzài...
When my husband and I first got married, every day felt very new, and when we were together we had endless things to talk about. But now…
Text 3
不行，现在他是我丈夫。
bù xíng,xiànzài tā shì wǒ zhàngfu.
No, he is my husband now.
Text 2

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Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
886 of 84,292