馬車夫

Chinese

		any type of horse-drawn carriage	husband; man
trad. (馬車夫)		馬車	夫
simp. (马车夫)		马车	夫

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǎchēfū

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄔㄜㄈㄨ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǎchēfū
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄔㄜㄈㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǎchefu
  - Wade–Giles: ma³-chʻê¹-fu¹
  - Yale: mǎ-chē-fū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maachefu
  - Palladius: мачэфу (mačɛfu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵ fu⁵⁵/

Noun

馬車夫

coach driver
- 1954, 倪海曙 [Ni Xaishu], 論語選譯 [“Lunjy” syanji], 1st edition, 東方書店 [Dungfang shudian], page 14:
  
  孔子說：「要是富貴值得追求，就是當個馬車夫，我也幹；要是不值得追求，那不如做我喜歡的事。」 [MSC, trad.]
  孔子说：「要是富贵值得追求，就是当个马车夫，我也干；要是不值得追求，那不如做我喜欢的事。」 [MSC, simp.]
  Kǒngzǐ shuō: “Yàoshi fùguì zhídé zhuīqiú, jiùshì dāng ge mǎchēfū, wǒ yě gàn; yàoshi bù zhídé zhuīqiú, nà bùrú zuò wǒ xǐhuān de shì.” [Pinyin]
  Confucius said: "If fortune was worth pursuing, I'd even be a coach driver; if it wasn't worth pursuing, I might as well do what I like doing."

Synonyms

車夫／车夫 (chēfū)
(Classical Chinese) 車子／车子 (chēzǐ)

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