CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

大丈夫

dàzhàngfu

a manly man

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

a manly man

a man of character

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 大丈夫 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 大丈夫 appears in 6 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

在背后说别人坏话不是大丈夫所为。zài bèi hòu shuō bié rén huài huà bú shì dà zhàng fū suǒ wèi。

It is not manly to speak ill of others behind their backs.

富贵不能迷乱他的思想，贫贱不能改变他的操守，威武不能压服他的意志，这就是大丈夫的本分。fù guì bù néng mí luàn tā de sī xiǎng， pín jiàn bù néng gǎi biàn tā de cāo shǒu， wēi wǔ bù néng yā fú tā de yì zhì， zhè jiù shì dà zhàng fū de běn fèn。

Wealth could not muddle his thoughts, poverty could not change his integrity, force could not oppress his will, this is what it means to be a man.

汤姆是大丈夫。tāng mǔ shì dà zhàng fū。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 大丈夫.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 大丈夫.

Directly before

男子汉大丈夫3
此之为大丈夫1
就是大丈夫1
不是大丈夫1
是大丈夫1

Directly after

大丈夫的1
大丈夫所1
大丈夫了1

ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 大丈夫

What does 大丈夫 mean in Chinese?

大丈夫 (dàzhàngfu) means a manly man.

How do you pronounce 大丈夫?

大丈夫 is pronounced dàzhàngfu.

Is 大丈夫 an HSK word?

大丈夫 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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