剋夫

Chinese

		to overcome; subdue; to overthrow to overcome; subdue; to overthrow; restrain; cut down; to be able to	husband; man
trad. (剋夫)		剋	夫
simp. (克夫)		克	夫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kèfū

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ ㄈㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ fu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kèfū
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kèfu
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo⁴-fu¹
    • Yale: kè-fū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kehfu
    • Palladius: кэфу (kɛfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹ fu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hak¹ fu¹
    • Yale: hāk fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ fu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ fuː⁵⁵/

Verb

剋夫

1. (of a woman) to bring bad luck to one's husband; to be a jinx to one's husband

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		剋夫
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	剋夫
Cantonese	Hong Kong	剋夫
Southern Min	Xiamen	剋翁
	Quanzhou	剋翁
	Tainan	剋翁

Dialectal synonyms of 剋夫 (“to bring bad luck to one's husband; to be a jinx to one's husband”) [map]

Antonyms

• 旺夫 (wàngfū)

Derived terms

• 剋夫相／克夫相