fū
husband
man
manual worker
conscripted laborer (old)
fú
(classical) this, that
he, she, they
(exclamatory final particle)
(initial particle, introduces an opinion)
gōng fu
period of time (may be months, or mere seconds)
spare time
skill
labor
effort
fū qī
husband and wife
married couple
zhēng fū
traveler
soldier on expedition
soldier taking part in battle
gōng fu
skill
art
kung fu
labor
effort
lā fū
to force into service
press-gang
xià gōng fu
to put in time and energy
to concentrate one's efforts
fū ren
lady
madam
Mrs.
CL:位[wei4]
fū fù
a (married) couple
husband and wife
CL:對|对[dui4]
jiě fu
(coll.) older sister's husband
tú fū
butcher
fig. murderous dictator
pǐ fū
ordinary man
ignorant person
coarse fellow
fū zǐ
Master
(old form of address for teachers, scholars)
pedant
fán fū
common person
ordinary guy
mortal man
Méi dé wéi jié fū
Medvedyev (name)
Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev (1965-), Russian lawyer and politician, President of Russian Federation from 2008
qīng dào fū
street cleaner
garbage collector
Gē ěr bā qiáo fū
Gorbachev
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (1931-), last president of the Soviet Union 1991-1995
xīn hūn fū fù
newly married couple
newlyweds
Kǒng fū zǐ
Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔子[Kong3 zi3]
dì yī fū rén
First Lady (wife of US president)
Kǎ fū kǎ
Franz Kafka (1883-1924), Czech Jewish writer
yí fu
mother's sister's husband
husband of mother's sister
dù suō fū ren
Madame Tusseaud's (waxworks)
Mǐ fū
Pavel Aleksandrovich Mif (1901-1938), Ukrainian Soviet expert on Chinese affairs, secretly executed in Stalin's purges
Huò fū màn
Hofmann or Hoffman (name)
August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818-1892), German chemist
Dustin Hoffman (1937-), US film actor
gōng fu chá
very concentrated type of tea drunk in Chaozhou, Fujian and Taiwan
Lā mǐ fū dìng
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
Hè lǔ xiǎo fu
Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), secretary-general of Soviet Communist Party 1953-1964
xiāng fū jiào zǐ
to support one's husband and raise children
mothering skills
a woman's place is in the home (old view)
fán fū sú zǐ
common people
ordinary folk
Chái kě fū sī jī
Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Russian composer
Yù Dá fū
Yu Dafu (1896-1945), poet and novelist
yī fū yī qī
lit. one husband one wife
monogamy
Jū lǐ fū ren
Maria Skłodowska-Curie or Marie Curie (1867-1934), double Nobel prize-winner in Physics 1903 and Chemistry 1911
Jiū shān Yóu jì fū
Hatoyama Yukio (1947-), Japanese Democratic Party politician, prime minister 2009-2010
mǎ fū
groom
stable lad
horsekeeper
pimp
procurer
Qì hē fū
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904), Russian writer famous for his short stories and plays
fū chàng fù suí
fig. the man sings and the woman follows
fig. marital harmony
Liè fū · Tuō ěr sī tài
Tolstoy (name)
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tostoy (1828-1910), great Russian novelist, author of War and Peace 戰爭與和平|战争与和平
Sā qiē ěr fū ren
Mrs Thatcher
Baroness Thatcher or Margaret Thatcher (1925-), British conservative politician, prime minister 1979-1990
Wáng fū zhī
Wang Fuzhi (1619-1692), wide-ranging scholar of the Ming-Qing transition
Mù shā lā fū
Pervez Musharraf (1943-), Pakistani general and politician, president 2001-2008
Tú gé niè fū
Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818-1883), Russian novelist
Chái kē fū sī jī
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikowsky (1840-1893), Russian composer, composer of 6 symphonies and the opera Eugene Onegin
Bā fǔ Luò fū
Pavlov (name)
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849-1936), Russian experimental psychologist
gōng fu chá
very concentrated type of tea consumed in Chaozhou, Fujian and Taiwan
variant of 功夫茶[gong1 fu5 cha2]
tiān xià xīng wáng , pǐ fū yǒu zé
The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.
Bó liè rì niè fū
Leonid Brezhnev (1906-1982), Soviet statesman, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR 1966-1982
Tuó sī tuǒ yē fū sī jī
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881), great Russian novelist, author of Crime and Punishment 罪與罰|罪与罚[Zui4 yu3 Fa2]
jiào fū
a porter for a palanquin
a carman
yī fū dāng guān , wàn fū mò kāi
If one man holds the pass, ten thousand cannot pass (idiom); One man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies
Wáng Yì fū
Wang Yifu (1960-), male PRC pistol shooter and Olympic medalist
guāng lù dài fu
honorific title during Tang to Qing times, approx. "Glorious grand master"
lā fū luó fū
Lavrov (name)
Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov (1950-), Russian diplomat and politician, Foreign minister from 2004
fàn fū zǒu zú
lit. peddlers and carriers
common people
lower class
Hú fū
Khufu (Pharoah, reigned possibly 2590-2568 BC)
Hā bā luó fū sī kè
Khabarovsk, far eastern Russian city and province on the border with Heilongjiang province of China
Lā fū bǎo
Loughborough, English city
héng méi lěng duì , qiān fū zhǐ
to face a thousand fingers with a cool scowl (modern idiom); to treat with disdain
to defy
guó jiā xīng wáng , pǐ fū yǒu zé
The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.
Wū lán fū
Ulanhu (1906-1988), Soviet trained Mongolian communist who became important PRC military leader
gēng fū
night watchman (in former times)
fū qī fǎn mù
man and wife fall out (idiom, from Book of Changes); marital strife
Xiè lǐ fū
Sharif (name)
Nawaz Sharif (1949-), Pakistani politician
Luó sī tuō fū
Rostov-on-Don, Russian river port and regional capital close to Sea of Azov (north of the Black Sea)
Sān dǎo Yóu jì fū
Mishima Yukio (1925-1970), Japanese author, pen name of (平岡公威|平冈公威, Hiraoka Kimitake)
Mén jié liè fū
Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (1834-1907), Russian chemist who introduced the periodic table
Fū yú
Pu'yo, Korean Buyeo (c. 200 BC-494 AD), ancient kingdom in northeast frontier region of China
Lā hè màn ní nuò fū
Rachmaninoff or Rachmaninov (name)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), Russian composer and pianist
Dài ěr fū tè
Delft, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
shé fū zuò
Ophiuchus (constellation)
zuò gōng fu
to practice (work skills)
fū quán
authority over the household
Nà zhā ěr bā yē fū
Nursultan Nazarbayev (1940-), President of Kazakhstan
wú dú bù zhàng fu
no poison, no great man (idiom); A great man has to be ruthless.
Tú bō liè fū
Tupolev, Russian plane maker
gū fu
father's sister's husband
husband of paternal aunt
uncle
tà pò tiě xié wú mì chù , dé lái quán bù fèi gōng fu
to travel far and wide looking for sth, only to find it easily
zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn
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
Kǎ lā shí ní kē fū
Kalashnikov (the AK-47 assault rifle)
dà zhàng fu néng qū néng shēn
A leader can submit or can stand tall as required.
ready to give and take
flexible
Sà hǎ luó fū
Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989), Russian nuclear scientist and dissident human rights activist
Dù sè dào fū
Düsseldorf (Germany)
also written 杜塞爾多夫|杜塞尔多夫[Du4 sai1 er3 duo1 fu1]
Fū zǐ zì dào
appearing to be praising others while actually praising yourself
one's criticism of others exposes one's own faults
Sī wéi ěr dé luò fū
Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov (1885-1919), Bolshevik organizer, ordered the murder of the Tsar's family in 1918, died of Spanish influenza
zuò gōng fu
to practice (work skills)
Fú luó xī luò fū
Kliment Voroshilov (1881-1969), Soviet politician and military commander
Nà jié fū
Najaf (city in Iraq, a Shia holy city)
Fàn Dé gé lā fū
Van de Graaff (name)
Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901-1967), American physicist
Shí tián Fāng fū
Ishida Yoshio (1948-), Japanese Go player
Dù bù luó fū ní kè
Dubrovnik (city in Croatia)
Kǎ lā mǎ zuǒ fū xiōng dì
Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky 陀思妥耶夫斯基
wò ěr fū jiǎng
the Wolf prize (for science and arts)
bàn táng fū qī
weekend spouse
relationship involving a sugar-daddy
pīn fū
lover (of a woman)
illicit partner
paramour
róng lù dà fū
a rank in government service
dú fū mín zéi
tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator
Ā bù Shā yē fū
Abu Sayyaf, militant Islamist separatist group also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya
Liè biè jié fū
Lebedev or Lebedyev (Russian name)
Luó bā qiè fū sī jī
Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (1793-1856), one of the discoverers of non-Euclidean geometry
Pǔ jiā qiáo fū
Yemelyan Ivanovich Pugachov (1742-1775), Russian Cossack, leader of peasant rebellion 1773-1775 against Catherine the Great
hè lǔ xuě fū
Nikita Sergeyevich Krushchev (1894-1971), Secretary-General of Soviet Communist Party 1953-1964
Yuē sè fū · Sī dà lín
Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Soviet dictator
Sà hǎ luó fū jiǎng
Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought (awarded by EU since 1988)
yuán Nán sī lā fū
former Yugoslavia (1945-1992)
Zhí yè Gāo ěr fū qiú Xié huì
Professional Golfer's Association (PGA)
Fú sī tǎ fū
Falstaff (Shakespearian character)
Bā ěr shě fū sī jī
(Charlene) Barshefsky, US trade negotiator
Bā lā jī liè fū
M.A. Balakirev, Russian composer
Āi fū bó lǐ
Avebury (stone circle near Stonehenge)
Kè lā fū qiū kè
Leonid Kravchuk (1934-), first post-communist president of Ukraine 1991-1994
Mò yī xiè yē fū
Moiseyev (name)
Igor Aleksandrovich Moiseyev (1906-2007), choreographer of folk dance and founder of Moiseyev dance company
gǔ sī tǎ fū · duō léi
Gustave Dore (1832-1883), French artist and sculptor
gé ěr fū bō tè
Gulf Port (Florida or Mississippi)
ā liè fū
aleph (first letter א of Hebrew alphabet)
Tuó sī tuǒ yě fū sī jī
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881), great Russian novelist, author of Crime and Punishment 罪與罰|罪与罚[Zui4 yu3 Fa2]
also written 陀思妥耶夫斯基[Tuo2 si1 tuo3 ye1 fu1 si1 ji1]
gàng fū
pole carrier
coffin-bearer
sà hǎ luó fū rén quán jiǎng
the EU Sakharov prize for human rights
zhuā gōng fu
to maximize one's time
to catch some time out
to find enough time
(also 抓工夫)
mín zéi dú fū
tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator
Mǐn kē fū sī jī
Minkowski (name)
Hermann Minkowski (1864-1909), German mathematician
Lǐ Zhí fū
Li Zhifu (c. 14th century), Yuan dynasty playwright in the 雜劇|杂剧[za2 ju4] style
Bié hè jié liè fū
Vladimir Mikhailovich Bekhterev (1857-1927), Russian neurologist and psychiatrist
shuāng dú fū fù
a married couple allowed dispensation to have second child
Sà kè Luò fū
Sakharov (name)
Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989), Soviet nuclear physicist and dissident human rights activist
zhuā gōng fu
to maximize one's time
to catch some time out
to find enough time
(also 抓功夫)
Pǔ luó kē fēi fū
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953), Russian composer
Sà kè luò fū jiǎng
Sakharov prize for freedom of thought, awarded by European parliament annually since 1988
fàn fū sú zi
peddlers and common people
lower class
sūn xí fu
son's son's wife
grandson's wife
Hé dá · Qīng fū
Wadati Kiyoō (1902-1995), pioneer Japanese seismologist
Hé lǔ xiǎo fū
Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), secretary-general of Soviet communist party 1953-1964
also written 赫魯曉夫|赫鲁晓夫
Lā zī mò fū sī jī
Razumovsky (name)
Prince Andrey Kirillovich Razumovsky (1752-1836), Russian diplomat
Lè wéi fu
Lviv (Lvov), town in western Ukraine
Bì ní ào fū
Hugo Benioff (1899-1968), Caltech seismologist
Luó mó nuò suǒ fū
Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov (1711-1765), famous Russian chemist and polymath
Luó sī niè fū
Rosneft (Russian state oil company)
Luó mó nuò suǒ fū shān jǐ
Lomonosov ridge (in the Artic Ocean)
Bì ní ào fū dài
Benioff zone (geology)
also called Wadati-Benioff zone
sà hǎ nuò fū rén quán jiǎng
the EU Sakharov prize for human rights
xiàng fū jiào zǐ
to assist one's husband and educate the children (idiom)
the traditional roles of a good wife
Fú tián Kāng fū
FUKUDA Yasuo (1936-), Japanese LDP politician, prime minister 2007-2008
Mǐ hā yī ěr · Pǔ luó huò luó fū
Mikhail Prokhorov (1965-), Russian billionaire and owner of the Brooklyn Nets (NBA team)
Yuē sè fū · Sī dà lín
Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Soviet dictator
Wáng Fū zhī
Wang Fuzhi (1619-1692), wide-ranging scholar of the Ming-Qing transition
héng méi lěng duì qiān fū zhǐ
to face a thousand pointing fingers with a cool scowl (citation from Lu Xun)
to treat with disdain
to defy
Gé ěr fū Bō tè
Gulf Port (Florida or Mississippi)
Dù suō Fū ren
Madame Tussauds (waxworks)
Wàng fū Shí
Amah Rock in Sha Tin 沙田[Sha1 tian2], Hong Kong
Sā qiē ěr Fū ren
Mrs Thatcher
Baroness Thatcher or Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), British conservative politician, prime minister 1979-1990
Luō fū nuò
Rivne (or Rovno), city in western Ukraine
Rivne (Oblast)
Luó méng nuò suǒ fū
Mikhail Lomonosov (1711-1765), Russian polymath and writer
Mǎ yǎ kě fū sī jī
Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930), Russian poet and dramatist
Mǎ ěr kě fū guò chéng
Markov process (mathematics)
lù shuǐ fū qī
a couple in a short-lived, improper relationship
Ā xī mò fū
Isaac Asimov (1920-1992), American author and biochemist
Yù Dá fū
Yu Dafu (1896-1945), poet and novelist
Shào Yì fū
Run Run Shaw (1907-2014), Hong Kong movie and television tycoon
Hè lǔ xuě fu
see 赫魯曉夫|赫鲁晓夫[He4 lu3 xiao3 fu5]
péi le fū rén yòu zhé bīng
having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom)
to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy
Xiè lǐ fū
Sharif (name)
Nawaz Sharif (1949-), Pakistani politician
Shé fū zuò
Ophiuchus (constellation)
Sà hǎ luó fū Rén quán jiǎng
the EU Sakharov Human Rights Prize
Sà kè luò fū Jiǎng
Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, awarded by the European Parliament annually since 1988
Sà kè luò fū
Sakharov (name)
Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989), Soviet nuclear physicist and dissident human rights activist
Měng gǔ dài fu
(coll.) quack (doctor)
charlatan
guó jiā xīng wáng , pǐ fū yǒu zé
The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.
Hé dá Qīng fū
Wadati Kiyoō (1902-1995), pioneer Japanese seismologist
Shǐ dì fū · Qiáo bù sī
Steve Jobs (1955-2011), US co-founder and CEO of Apple, Inc.
Shǐ tí fū · Jiǎ bó sī
Steve Jobs (1955-2011), US co-founder and CEO of Apple, Inc.
Gǔ sī tǎ fū · Shī tè léi zé màn
Gustav Stresemann (Chancellor and Foreign Minister during the Weimar Republic)
Gǔ sī tǎ fū · Duō léi
Gustave Dore (1832-1883), French artist and sculptor
qiān fū
a lot of people (literary)
pǐ fū pǐ fù
ordinary people
commoners
Liè fū · Tuō ěr sī tài
Tolstoy (name)
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tostoy (1828-1910), great Russian novelist, author of War and Peace 戰爭與和平|战争与和平
yī fū dāng guān , wàn fū mò kāi
one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
dà zhàng fu
a manly man
a man of character
Lā fū luó fū
Lavrov (name)
Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov (1950-), Russian diplomat and politician, Foreign minister from 2004
Kù kěn huò fū Gōng yuán
Keukenhof, flower garden in Netherlands
Jū lǐ Fū ren
see 居禮夫人|居礼夫人[Ju1 li3 Fu1 ren5]
Jū lǐ Fū ren
Maria Skłodowska-Curie or Marie Curie (1867-1934), double Nobel prize-winner in Physics 1903 and Chemistry 1911
Ào sī tè luò fū sī jī
Nikolai Ostrovsky (1904-1936), Soviet socialist realist writer
Alexander Ostrovsky (1823-1886), Russian playwright
fū qī fèi piàn
popular Sichuan cold dish made of thinly sliced beef and beef offal
fū qī xiàng
similarity in features of an old couple
common facial traits that show predestination to be married together
tài fū rén
(old) dowager
old lady (title for the mother of a noble or an official)
tiān xià xīng wáng , pǐ fū yǒu zé
The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.
dà fū
senior official (in imperial China)