脚夫
jiǎo fū
Pinyin

Definition

脚夫
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jiǎo fū
  1. porter
  2. bearer

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

zhàng fu
  1. 1 husband
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
gōng fu
  1. 1 skill
  2. 2 art
  3. 3 kung fu
  4. 4 labor
  5. 5 effort
dà fū
  1. 1 senior official (in imperial China)
fū ren
  1. 1 lady
  2. 2 madam
  3. 3 Mrs.
  4. 4 CL:位[wèi]
fū qī
  1. 1 husband and wife
  2. 2 married couple
fū fù
  1. 1 a (married) couple
  2. 2 husband and wife
  3. 3 CL:對|对[duì]
jiě fu
  1. 1 (coll.) older sister's husband
tú fū
  1. 1 butcher
  2. 2 fig. murderous dictator
qián fū
  1. 1 former husband
dà zhàng fu
  1. 1 a manly man
  2. 2 a man of character
  1. 1 husband
  2. 2 man
  3. 3 manual worker
  4. 4 conscripted laborer (old)
fū zǐ
  1. 1 Master
  2. 2 (old form of address for teachers, scholars)
  3. 3 pedant
mèi fu
  1. 1 younger sister's husband
yí fu
  1. 1 mother's sister's husband
  2. 2 husband of mother's sister
Jū lǐ Fū ren
  1. 1 see 居禮夫人|居礼夫人[Jū lǐ Fū ren]
gōng fū
  1. 1 (old) laborer
nuò fū
  1. 1 coward
qīng dào fū
  1. 1 street cleaner
  2. 2 garbage collector
  3. 3 (soccer) sweeper
yú fū
  1. 1 fisherman
lǎo fū
  1. 1 I (spoken by an old man)

Idioms (10)

一夫当关,万夫莫开
yī fū dāng guān , wàn fū mò kāi
  1. 1 one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
只要功夫深,铁杵磨成针
zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn
  1. 1 If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
  2. 2 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
  3. 3 to study diligently
国家兴亡,匹夫有责
guó jiā xīng wáng , pǐ fū yǒu zé
  1. 1 The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.
天下兴亡,匹夫有责
tiān xià xīng wáng , pǐ fū yǒu zé
  1. 1 The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.
夫妻反目
fū qī fǎn mù
  1. 1 man and wife fall out (idiom, from Book of Changes); marital strife
民贼独夫
mín zéi dú fū
  1. 1 tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator
无毒不丈夫
wú dú bù zhàng fu
  1. 1 no poison, no great man (idiom); A great man has to be ruthless.
独夫民贼
dú fū mín zéi
  1. 1 tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator
相夫教子
xiàng fū jiào zǐ
  1. 1 to assist one's husband and educate the children (idiom)
  2. 2 the traditional roles of a good wife
赔了夫人又折兵
péi le fū rén yòu zhé bīng
  1. 1 having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom)
  2. 2 to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy

Sample Sentences

我们过了江,进了车站。我买票,他忙着照看行李。行李太多了,得向脚夫行些小费,才可过去。他便又忙着和他们讲价钱。我那时真是聪明过分,总觉他说话不大漂亮,非自己插嘴不可。但他终于讲定了价钱;就送我上车。他给我拣定了靠车门的一张椅子;我将他给我做的紫毛大衣铺好坐位。
wǒmen guò le jiāng ,jìn le chēzhàn 。wǒ mǎi piào ,tā máng zhe zhàokàn xíngli 。xíngli tài duō le ,děi xiàng jiǎofū xíng xiē xiǎofèi ,cái kě guòqù 。tā biàn yòu máng zhe hé tāmen jiǎng jiàqian 。wǒ nàshí zhēn shì cōngming guòfèn ,zǒng jué tā shuōhuà bùdà piàoliang ,fēi zìjǐ chāzuǐ bù kě 。dàn tā zhōngyú jiǎngdìng le jiàqian ;jiù sòng wǒ shàngchē 。tā gěi wǒ jiǎndìng le kào chēmén de yīzhāng yǐzi ;wǒ jiāng tā gěi wǒ zuò de zǐmáo dàyī pū hǎo zuò wèi 。
We crossed the river and got into the station. I bought the tickets, while he watched over the luggage. There was just too much luggage. We had to give the porter a tip in order to pass. So my dad began bargaining with them to fix a price. I really was full of it then, I thought my father making a fool of himself and I just couldn't help but jump in. Yet, he eventually fixed a price and helped me board the train. He had selected a seat by the door for me and I spread the purple fur coat he had handmade for me on the seat.