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大夫
dà fū
大夫 (dài fu) means "doctor (spoken)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.
What 大夫 means
- senior official (in imperial China)
Other readings
The characters in 大夫
Example sentences
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她以为我是大夫。Tā yǐwéi wǒ shì dàifu.She thought I was a doctor.
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我父亲是个大夫。Wǒ fùqīn shì ge dàifu.My father's a doctor.
Words containing 大夫
Where 大夫 is taught
In the GraphChinese course it is part of Professions & roles (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.
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- Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
- The four tones and the neutral tone, to read dà fū correctly.
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