渔夫 (yú fū) — fisherman | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

fisherman

Measure word · 个

渔夫。
Nà wèi yú fū měi tiān qīng chén chū hǎi dǎ yú.
That fisherman goes out to sea to fish every morning.
渔夫。
Zhè ge cūn zi lǐ yǒu hěn duō yú fū.
There are many fishermen in this village.
渔夫。
Lǎo yú fū gào sù wǒ hěn duō guān yú dà hǎi de gù shi.
The old fisherman told me many stories about the sea.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

渔yúfishing

渔 means fishing and 夫 means man, so a 渔夫 is a man who fishes.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 漁; 渔 is its simplified writing.

氵魚漁

The traditional form 漁 pairs 氵 (water) with 魚 (fish), and 魚 gives the sound. The simplified 渔 is a later shorthand.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

假借jiǎjièLater borrowed for its sound alone — the picture has nothing to do with today’s meaning.

夫 originally drew a man. It was borrowed purely for its sound to write a pronoun, so the picture and the pronoun meaning are unrelated.

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