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懦夫

懦夫

Chinese

		imbecile; timid	husband; man
simp. and trad. (懦夫)		懦	夫

Noun

懦夫

coward; weakling

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): nuòfū

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): no⁶ fu¹
Min Nan (POJ): nǒ͘-hu / nō͘-hu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: nuòfū
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuohfu
  - IPA ^(key): /nu̯ɔ⁵¹ fu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: no⁶ fu¹
  - Yale: noh fū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: no⁶ fu¹
  - IPA ^(key): /nɔː²² fuː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nǒ͘-hu
  - Tâi-lô: nǒo-hu
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nɔ²² hu³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nō͘-hu
  - Tâi-lô: nōo-hu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: noxhw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /nɔ²²⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /nɔ²²⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/