漁夫

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See also: 渔夫

Chinese

fisherman; to fish husband; man
trad. (漁夫) 漁 夫
simp. (渔夫) 渔 夫
alternative forms 魚夫／鱼夫

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 漁 夫
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial (聲) 疑 (31) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 魚 (22) 虞 (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 語居切 甫無切
Baxter ngjo pju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ŋɨʌ/ /pɨo/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ŋiɔ/ /pio/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ŋiɔ/ /pio/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ŋɨə̆/ /puə̆/
Li
Rong 		/ŋiɔ/ /pio/
Wang
Li 		/ŋĭo/ /pĭu/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ŋi̯wo/ /pi̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yú fū
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jyu4 fu1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 漁 夫
Reading # 1/1 1/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yú fū
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ngjo › ‹ pju ›
Old
Chinese 		/*(r)a/ /*p(r)a/
English to fish man

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 漁 夫
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 15940 3274
Phonetic
component 		魚 夫
Rime
group 		魚 魚
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		魚 跗
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋa/ /*pa/
Notes 魚分化字

Noun

漁夫

  1. fisherman

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 漁民 (“fisher; fisherman”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 漁人, 漁夫, 漁翁 old
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 漁民, 漁人, 漁夫, 漁翁 old
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 漁民, 漁夫
Southwestern Mandarin Guiyang 打魚子
Cantonese Guangzhou 漁民, 打魚佬
Hong Kong 漁民, 漁夫
Dongguan 打魚佬
Hakka Meixian 漁民
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 漁民
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 漁民
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 漁民
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 漁民
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 漁民
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 漁民
Southern Min Xiamen 討海仔
Kaohsiung 討掠的
Yilan 討海的
Changhua (Lukang) 掠魚的
Taichung 討海的
Taichung (Wuqi) 掠魚的
Tainan 討掠的, 討海的
Taitung 討海儂
Hsinchu 討海的
Penghu (Magong) 討海儂
Manila (Hokkien) 掠魚儂, 討魚儂
Shantou 漁民
Wu Shanghai 捉魚個
Suzhou 網船浪葛
Wenzhou 打魚人

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (漁夫):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
漁 夫
ぎょ
Grade: 4 		ふ
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

漁(ぎょ)夫(ふ) • (gyofu) 

  1. fisherman

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
漁夫

Noun

漁夫 • (eobu) (hangeul 어부)

  1. Hanja form? of 어부 (“fisherman”).
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