HSK 4 · Work

大夫 dàifu “doctor” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 大夫 means

  1. doctor
  2. physician

How to say 大夫

    大夫 in a sentence

    1. 她以为我是大夫。

      Tā yǐwéi wǒ shì dàifu.

      She thought I was a doctor.

      Sentence #782174 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

    2. 我父亲是个大夫。

      Wǒ fùqīn shì ge dàifu.

      My father’s a doctor.

      Sentence #787604 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

    How 大夫 is built

    Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

    The character 大 (dà) with each of its parts in a different colour
    大dài
    • 一one · yī
    • 人person · rén

    Memory aidA person standing with arms stretched wide: big.

    The character 夫 (fū) with each of its parts in a different colour
    夫fuhusband
    • 一one · yī
    • 大big · dà

    Memory aidA grown man 大 with a hairpin 一 across his head: a man, a husband.

    How to write 大夫

    大 3 strokes · 夫 4 strokes

    Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

    大夫 (dàifu) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
    Stroke order chart for 大夫 (dàifu). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

    Words related to 大夫

    Words with 大

    大dà · big大学dàxué · university大学生dàxuéshēng · university student大家dàjiā · everyone大人dàren · adult大衣dàyī · overcoat大小dàxiǎo · size大熊猫dàxióngmāo · giant panda大概dàgài · roughly大约dàyuē · approximately

    Words with 夫

    丈夫zhàngfu · husband夫妻fūqī · husband and wife功夫gōngfu · time and effort夫妇fūfù · married couple夫人fūrén · madam

    More words: School, Work & Culture

    研究yánjiū · to research语法yǔfǎ · grammar语言yǔyán · language专业zhuānyè · major (at university)导游dǎoyóu · tour guide付款fùkuǎn · to pay a sum of money工资gōngzī · wages顾客gùkè · customer

    FAQs

    大夫 (dàifu) means “doctor” or “physician”. It is an HSK 4 word.
    Say it dàifu: dàifu. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
    Yes. 大夫 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
    Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type daifu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 大夫 from the suggestions. Typing daifu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
    大夫 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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    Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.