Chinese

Noun

丈夫

1. man of vigor; brave man
2. (literary) adult man

Pronunciation 2

Noun

丈夫

1. husband
   • 又對女人說：我必多多加增你懷胎的苦楚；你生產兒女必多受苦楚。你必戀慕你丈夫；你丈夫必管轄你。 [MSC, trad.]
     又对女人说：我必多多加增你怀胎的苦楚；你生产儿女必多受苦楚。你必恋慕你丈夫；你丈夫必管辖你。 [MSC, simp.]
     From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 創世記 (Genesis) 3:16

     Yòu duì nǚrén shuō: wǒ bì duōduō jiāzēng nǐ huáitāi de kǔchǔ; nǐ shēngchǎn érnǚ bì duō shòu kǔchǔ. Nǐ bì liànmù nǐ zhàngfu; nǐ zhàngfu bì guǎnxiá nǐ. [Pinyin]

     Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he [thy husband] shall rule over thee.

Synonyms

• (husband):
  • (dated, form of address) 相公 (xiànggōng)
  • (informal) 老公 (lǎogōng)
  • (formal) 先生 (xiānshēng)
  • (husband or wife, mainland China) 愛人／爱人 (àirén)

Antonyms

• 妻子 (qīzǐ, “wife”)

Hypernyms

• 配偶 (pèi'ǒu, “spouse”)

Pronunciation 3

Japanese

Adjectival noun

丈夫 ‎(-na inflection, hiragana じょうぶ, romaji jōbu)

1. durable, indestructible, unbreakable, unwreckable

   水 (みず)に丈夫 (じょうぶ)な時計 (とけい)

   mizu ni jōbu na tokei

   waterproof watch

   丈夫 (じょうぶ)な板 (いた)

   jōbu na ita

   an indestructible plate

Synonyms

• 頑丈 (がんじょう) ‎(ganjō), 強固 (きょうこ) ‎(kyōko), 堅牢 (けんろう) ‎(kenrō), 堅 (かた)い ‎(katai), 壊せない

Antonyms

• 脆弱 (ぜいじゃく) ‎(zeijaku), 脆 (もろ)い ‎(moroi), 壊れやすい

Noun

丈夫 ‎(hiragana じょうぶ, romaji jōbu)

1. hero; gentleman
2. good health; robustness

Derived terms

• 大丈夫 (だいじょうぶ) ‎(daijōbu)

Proper noun

丈夫 ‎(hiragana たけお, romaji Takeo)

1. A male given name