Usage of the character 夫

(derog.) the sick man of Asia (term used in the West in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to refer to China in its weakened state after the Opium Wars)

bàntángfūqī

半糖夫妻

[半糖夫妻]

weekend spouse
relationship involving a sugar-daddy

Hèlǔxuěfu

赫鲁雪夫

[赫魯雪夫]

see 赫魯曉夫／赫鲁晓夫 ( Hèlǔxiǎofu)

fánfūsúzǐ

凡夫俗子

[凡夫俗子]

common people; ordinary folk

dìyīfūrén

第一夫人

[第一夫人]

First Lady (wife of US president)

qiánshuǐfūbìng

潜水夫病

[潛水夫病]

bends

Qiàyànuòfū

恰亚诺夫

[恰亞諾夫]

Alexander Chayanov (1888-1937), Soviet agrarian economist

Fútián Kāngfū

福田康夫

[福田康夫]

FUKUDA Yasuo (1936-), Japanese LDP politician, prime minister 2007-2008

Bìní'àofū

毕尼奥夫

[畢尼奧夫]

Hugo Benioff (1899-1968), Caltech seismologist

yīfūduōqī

一夫多妻

[一夫多妻]

polygamy

fànfūzǒuzú

贩夫走卒

[販夫走卒]

lit. peddlers and carriers
common people
lower class

Mùshālāfū

穆沙拉夫

[穆沙拉夫]

Pervez Musharraf (1943-), Pakistani general and politician, president 2001-2008

gāo'ěrfūqiú

高尔夫球

[高爾夫球]

golf
golf ball

gōngfuliúgǎn

功夫流感

[功夫流感]

Chinese translation of "kung flu", a term used by US President Trump in 2020 to refer to COVID-19 as a "Chinese" disease

Nóngfū Shānquán

农夫山泉

[農夫山泉]

Nongfu Spring, Chinese bottled water and beverage company

Bāfǔluòfū

巴甫洛夫

[巴甫洛夫]

Pavlov (name)
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849-1936), Russian experimental psychologist

sānlúnchēfū

三轮车夫

[三輪車夫]

pedicab driver

Lāmǐfūdìng

拉米夫定

[拉米夫定]

Lamivudine, reverse transcriptase inhibitor marketed by GlaxoSmithKline and widely used in the treatment of hepatitis B and AIDS
brand names include Zeffix, Heptovir, Epivir and Epivir-HBV

fànfūsúzi

贩夫俗子

[販夫俗子]

peddlers and common people
lower class

wànfūbùdāng

万夫不当

[萬夫不當]

lit. unbeatable by even 10,000 men (idiom)
fig. extremely brave and strong

Tèlāwéifū

特拉维夫

[特拉維夫]

Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Jaffa

Túgénièfū

屠格涅夫

[屠格涅夫]

Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818-1883), Russian novelist

gōngfubìngdú

功夫病毒

[功夫病毒]

kung flu

Nánsīlāfū

南斯拉夫

[南斯拉夫]

Yugoslavia, 1943-1992

Sàhāluòfū

萨哈洛夫

[薩哈洛夫]

Sakharov (Russian name)

jiātíngzhǔfū

家庭主夫

[家庭主夫]

househusband

yǒufùzhīfū

有妇之夫

[有婦之夫]

married man

pǐfūpǐfù

匹夫匹妇

[匹夫匹婦]

ordinary people; commoners

Túbōlièfū

图波列夫

[圖波列夫]

Tupolev, Russian plane maker

xīnhūnfūfù

新婚夫妇

[新婚夫婦]

newly married couple
newlyweds

Lāfūluófū

拉夫罗夫

[拉夫羅夫]

Lavrov (name)
Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov (1950-), Russian diplomat and politician, Foreign minister from 2004

Pǔjiāqiáofū

普加乔夫

[普加喬夫]

Yemelyan Ivanovich Pugachov (1742-1775), Russian Cossack, leader of peasant rebellion 1773-1775 against Catherine the Great

Kǎxīmòfū

卡西莫夫

[卡西莫夫]

Kasimov (town in Russia)

Kèlākēfū

克拉科夫

[克拉科夫]

Krakow

qiánshuǐfūzhèng

潜水夫症

[潛水夫症]

bends

Sàhǎnuòfū

萨哈诺夫

[薩哈諾夫]

(Andrei) Sakharov

guānglùdàifu

光禄大夫

[光祿大夫]

honorific title during Tang to Qing times, approx. "Glorious grand master"

Fúsītǎfū

福斯塔夫

[福斯塔夫]

Falstaff (Shakespearian character)

yīfūyīqī

一夫一妻

[一夫一妻]

monogamy

mínzéidúfū

民贼独夫

[民賊獨夫]

tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator

jiānfūyínfù

奸夫淫妇

[姦夫淫婦]

adulterous couple

Bùlāsuǒfū

布拉索夫

[布拉索夫]

Braşov, Romania

dǎgāo'ěrfū

打高尔夫

[打高爾夫]

to play golf

Dùsèdàofū

杜塞道夫

[杜塞道夫]

Düsseldorf (Germany)
also written 杜塞爾多夫／杜塞尔多夫 ( Dùsāi'ěrduōfū)

Axīmòfū

阿西莫夫

[阿西莫夫]

Isaac Asimov (1920-1992), American author and biochemist

yǒufūzhīfù

有夫之妇

[有夫之婦]

married woman

fūqīfǎnmù

夫妻反目

[夫妻反目]

man and wife fall out (idiom, from Book of Changes); marital strife

Luósīnièfū

罗斯涅夫

[羅斯涅夫]

Rosneft (Russian state oil company)

Mǎ'ěrdìfū

马尔地夫

[馬爾地夫]

the Maldives (Tw)

xiàngfūjiàozǐ

相夫教子

[相夫教子]

to assist one's husband and educate the children (idiom)
the traditional roles of a good wife

gōngjuéfūrén

公爵夫人

[公爵夫人]

duchess

shuāngdúfūfù

双独夫妇

[雙獨夫婦]

a married couple allowed dispensation to have second child

Wò'ěrfūjiǎng

沃尔夫奖

[沃爾夫獎]

the Wolf Prize (for science and arts)

Dài'ěrfūtè

代尔夫特

[代爾夫特]

Delft, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands

Sàhǎluófū

萨哈罗夫

[薩哈羅夫]

Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989), Russian nuclear scientist and dissident human rights activist

dúfūmínzéi

独夫民贼

[獨夫民賊]

tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator

Lièbièjiéfū

列别杰夫

[列別傑夫]

Lebedev or Lebedyev (Russian name)

rénlìchēfū

人力车夫

[人力車夫]

rickshaw puller

Hèlǔxiǎofu

赫鲁晓夫

[赫魯曉夫]

Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), secretary-general of Soviet Communist Party 1953-1964

rénjìnkěfū

人尽可夫

[人盡可夫]

(idiom) (of a woman) promiscuous; loose

fūqīfèipiàn

夫妻肺片

[夫妻肺片]

popular Sichuan cold dish made of thinly sliced beef and beef offal

Sàkèluòfū

萨克洛夫

[薩克洛夫]

Sakharov (name)
Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989), Soviet nuclear physicist and dissident human rights activist

Jiéfū· Jīnní

杰夫·金尼

[傑夫·金尼]

Jeff Kinney

Mǐnkēfūsījī

闵科夫斯基

[閔科夫斯基]

Minkowski (name)
Hermann Minkowski (1864-1909), German mathematician

Luóméngnuòsuǒfū

罗蒙诺索夫

[羅蒙諾索夫]

Mikhail Lomonosov (1711-1765), Russian polymath and writer

Luómónuòsuǒfū

罗摩诺索夫

[羅摩諾索夫]

Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov (1711-1765), famous Russian chemist and polymath

Cháikěfūsījī

柴可夫斯基

[柴可夫斯基]

Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Russian composer

Kèlìsīduǒfū

克利斯朵夫

[克利斯朵夫]

Christopher (name)

Mòyīxièyēfū

莫伊谢耶夫

[莫伊謝耶夫]

Moiseyev (name)
Igor Aleksandrovich Moiseyev (1906-2007), choreographer of folk dance and founder of Moiseyev dance company

yuán Nánsīlāfū

原南斯拉夫

[原南斯拉夫]

former Yugoslavia (1945-1992)

Dùsāi'ěrduōfū

杜塞尔多夫

[杜塞爾多夫]

Düsseldorf (Germany)

Lāfūsāngjiǎní

拉夫桑贾尼

[拉夫桑賈尼]

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Gé'ěrfū Bōtè

格尔夫波特

[格爾夫波特]

Gulf Port (Florida or Mississippi)

Fúluóxīluòfū

伏罗希洛夫

[伏羅希洛夫]

Kliment Voroshilov (1881-1969), Soviet politician and military commander

Cháikēfūsījī

柴科夫斯基

[柴科夫斯基]

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikowsky (1840-1893), Russian composer, composer of 6 symphonies and the opera Eugene Onegin

Kèlāfūqiūkè

克拉夫丘克

[克拉夫丘克]

Leonid Kravchuk (1934-), first post-communist president of Ukraine 1991-1994

gāo'ěrfūqiúchǎng

高尔夫球场

[高爾夫球場]

golf course

Jiūshān Yóujìfū

鸠山由纪夫

[鳩山由紀夫]

Hatoyama Yukio (1947-), Japanese Democratic Party politician, prime minister 2009-2010

Abù Shāyēfū

阿布沙耶夫

[阿布沙耶夫]

Abu Sayyaf, militant Islamist separatist group also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya

Méidéwéijiéfū

梅德韦杰夫

[梅德韋傑夫]

Medvedyev (name)
Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev (1965-), Russian lawyer and politician, president of Russian Federation from 2008

Bìní'àofūdài

毕尼奥夫带

[畢尼奧夫帶]

Benioff zone (geology)
also called Wadati-Benioff zone

Sāqiē'ěr Fūren

撒切尔夫人

[撒切爾夫人]

Mrs Thatcher
Baroness Thatcher or Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), British conservative politician, prime minister 1979-1990

Biéhèjiélièfū

别赫捷列夫

[別赫捷列夫]

Vladimir Mikhailovich Bekhterev (1857-1927), Russian neurologist and psychiatrist

Sàhǎluófūjiǎng

萨哈罗夫奖

[薩哈羅夫獎]

Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought (awarded by EU since 1988)

Nuòfūgēluódé

诺夫哥罗德

[諾夫哥羅德]

Novgorod, city in Russia

dǎgāo'ěrfūqiú

打高尔夫球

[打高爾夫球]

to play golf

Sàkèluòfū Jiǎng

萨克洛夫奖

[薩克洛夫獎]

Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, awarded by the European Parliament annually since 1988

Pǔluófūdífū

普罗夫迪夫

[普羅夫迪夫]

Plovdiv, city in Bulgaria

wúdúbùzhàngfu

无毒不丈夫

[無毒不丈夫]

no poison, no great man (idiom); A great man has to be ruthless.

Lāfūbǎo Dàxué

拉夫堡大学

[拉夫堡大學]

Loughborough University

Bólièrìnièfū

勃列日涅夫

[勃列日涅夫]

Leonid Brezhnev (1906-1982), Soviet statesman, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR 1966-1982

Sāndǎo Yóujìfū

三岛由纪夫

[三島由紀夫]

Mishima Yukio (1925-1970), Japanese author, pen name of (平岡公威／平冈公威, Hiraoka Kimitake)

Fàndégélāfū

范德格拉夫

[范德格拉夫]

Van de Graaff (name)
Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901-1967), American physicist

Màikèbái Fūren

麦克白夫人

[麥克白夫人]

Lady Macbeth

Fúluócíwǎfū

弗罗茨瓦夫

[弗羅茨瓦夫]

Wroclaw, Polish city

Wò'ěrfūsībǎo

沃尔夫斯堡

[沃爾夫斯堡]

Wolfsburg

Pǔluókēfēifū

普罗科菲夫

[普羅科菲夫]

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953), Russian composer

Gē'ěrbāqiáofū

戈尔巴乔夫

[戈爾巴喬夫]

Gorbachev
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (1931-2022), last president of the Soviet Union 1991-1995

Bālājīlièfū

巴拉基列夫

[巴拉基列夫]

M.A. Balakirev, Russian composer

Mǎ'ěrkěfūguòchéng

马尔可夫过程

[馬爾可夫過程]

Markov process (math.)

Luóbāqièfūsījī

罗巴切夫斯基

[羅巴切夫斯基]

Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (1793-1856), one of the discoverers of non-Euclidean geometry

Sīwéi'ěrdéluòfū

斯维尔德洛夫

[斯維爾德洛夫]

Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov (1885-1919), Bolshevik organizer, ordered the murder of the Tsar's family in 1918, died of Spanish influenza

Lāhèmànnínuòfū

拉赫曼尼诺夫

[拉赫曼尼諾夫]

Rachmaninoff or Rachmaninov (name)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), Russian composer and pianist

Nàzhā'ěrbāyēfū

纳扎尔巴耶夫

[納扎爾巴耶夫]

Nursultan Nazarbayev (1940-), president of Kazakhstan 1990-2019

Mǎyǎkěfūsījī

马雅可夫斯基

[馬雅可夫斯基]

Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930), Russian poet and dramatist

Dùbùluófūníkè

杜布罗夫尼克

[杜布羅夫尼克]

Dubrovnik (city in Croatia)

Kǎlāshíníkēfū

卡拉什尼科夫

[卡拉什尼科夫]

Kalashnikov (the AK-47 assault rifle)

Bā'ěrshěfūsījī

巴尔舍夫斯基

[巴爾舍夫斯基]

(Charlene) Barshefsky, US trade negotiator

Lāzīmòfūsījī

拉兹莫夫斯基

[拉茲莫夫斯基]

Razumovsky (name)
Prince Andrey Kirillovich Razumovsky (1752-1836), Russian diplomat

Kùkěnhuòfū Gōngyuán

库肯霍夫公园

[庫肯霍夫公園]

Keukenhof, flower garden in Netherlands

nánzǐhàndàzhàngfu

男子汉大丈夫

[男子漢大丈夫]

(coll.) he-man

Hābāluófūsīkè

哈巴罗夫斯克

[哈巴羅夫斯克]

Khabarovsk, far eastern Russian city and province on the border with Heilongjiang province of China

Yuēsèfū· Sīdàlín

约瑟夫·斯大林

[約瑟夫·斯大林]

Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Soviet dictator

Shǐtífū· Jiǎbósī

史提夫·贾伯斯

[史提夫·賈伯斯]

Steve Jobs (1955-2011), US co-founder and CEO of Apple, Inc.

Lièfū· Tuō'ěrsītài

列夫·托尔斯泰

[列夫·托爾斯泰]

Tolstoy (name)
Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), Russian novelist

Shǐdìfū· Qiáobùsī

史蒂夫·乔布斯

[史蒂夫·喬布斯]

Steve Jobs (1955-2011), US co-founder and CEO of Apple, Inc.

Gǔsītǎfū· Duōléi

古斯塔夫·多雷

[古斯塔夫·多雷]

Gustave Dore (1832-1883), French artist and sculptor

Tuósītuǒyēfūsījī

陀思妥耶夫斯基

[陀思妥耶夫斯基]

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881), great Russian novelist, author of Crime and Punishment 罪與罰／罪与罚 ( Zuìyǔ Fá)

Chē'ěrníxuěfūsījī

车尔尼雪夫斯基

[車爾尼雪夫斯基]

Nikolai Chernyshevsky

Tuósītuǒyěfūsījī

陀思妥也夫斯基

[陀思妥也夫斯基]

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881), great Russian novelist, author of Crime and Punishment 罪與罰／罪与罚 ( Zuìyǔ Fá)
also written 陀思妥耶夫斯基 ( Tuósītuǒyēfūsījī)

péilefūrényòuzhébīng

赔了夫人又折兵

[賠了夫人又折兵]

lit. having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom)
fig. to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy

Sàhǎluófū Rénquánjiǎng

萨哈罗夫人权奖

[薩哈羅夫人權獎]

the EU Sakharov Human Rights Prize

dàzhàngfunéngqūnéngshēn

大丈夫能屈能伸

[大丈夫能屈能伸]

A leader can submit or can stand tall as required.
ready to give and take
flexible

Sàhǎnuòfū Rénquánjiǎng

萨哈诺夫人权奖

[薩哈諾夫人權獎]

the EU Sakharov prize for human rights

Kǎlāmǎzuǒfū Xiōngdì

卡拉马佐夫兄弟

[卡拉馬佐夫兄弟]

Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky 陀思妥耶夫斯基 ( Tuósītuǒyēfūsījī)

Aòsītèluòfūsījī

奥斯特洛夫斯基

[奧斯特洛夫斯基]

Nikolai Ostrovsky (1904-1936), Soviet socialist realist writer
Alexander Ostrovsky (1823-1886), Russian playwright

shàoniánfūqīlǎoláibàn

少年夫妻老来伴

[少年夫妻老來伴]

husband and wife in youth, companions in old age

héngméilěngduìqiānfūzhǐ

横眉冷对千夫指

[橫眉冷對千夫指]

to face a thousand pointing fingers with a cool scowl (citation from Lu Xun)
to treat with disdain
to defy

Luómónuòsuǒfūshānjǐ

罗摩诺索夫山脊

[羅摩諾索夫山脊]

Lomonosov ridge (in the Artic Ocean)

Fàndégélāfūqǐdiànjī

范德格拉夫起电机

[范德格拉夫起電機]

Van de Graaff generator

Zhíyè Gāo'ěrfūqiú Xiéhuì

职业高尔夫球协会

[職業高爾夫球協會]

Professional Golfer's Association (PGA)

tiānxiàxīngwáng,pǐfūyǒuzé

天下兴亡，匹夫有责

[天下興亡，匹夫有責]

The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.

guójiāxīngwáng,pǐfūyǒuzé

国家兴亡，匹夫有责

[國家興亡，匹夫有責]

The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.

yīfū-dāngguān,wànfū-mòkāi

一夫当关，万夫莫开

[一夫當關，萬夫莫開]

(idiom) one man guarding the pass can prevent the passage of ten thousand

Mǐhāyī'ěr· Pǔluóhuòluófū

米哈伊尔·普罗霍罗夫

[米哈伊爾·普羅霍羅夫]

Mikhail Prokhorov (1965-), Russian billionaire and owner of the Brooklyn Nets (NBA team)

Gǔsītǎfū· Shītèléizémàn

古斯塔夫·施特雷泽曼

[古斯塔夫·施特雷澤曼]

Gustav Stresemann (Chancellor and Foreign Minister during the Weimar Republic)

zhǐyàogōngfushēn,tiěchǔmóchéngzhēn

只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针

[只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針]

If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
cf idiom 磨杵成針／磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task
to study diligently

sǐle Zhāngtúfū,bùchīhùnmáozhū

死了张屠夫，不吃混毛猪

[死了張屠夫，不吃混毛豬]

lit. just because Zhang the butcher dies, doesn't mean we'll have to eat pork mixed with bristles (idiom)
fig. nobody is indispensable

tàpòtiěxiéwúmìchù,déláiquánbùfèigōngfu

踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费工夫

[踏破鐵鞋無覓處，得來全不費工夫]

to travel far and wide looking for sth, only to find it easily