姐夫
jiě fu
Pinyin

Definition

姐夫
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jiě fu
  1. (coll.) older sister's husband

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

丈夫
zhàng fu
  1. 1 husband
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
功夫
gōng fu
  1. 1 skill
  2. 2 art
  3. 3 kung fu
  4. 4 labor
  5. 5 effort
夫妻
fū qī
  1. 1 husband and wife
  2. 2 married couple
夫妇
fū fù
  1. 1 a (married) couple
  2. 2 husband and wife
  3. 3 CL:對|对[duì]
姐
jiě
  1. 1 older sister
姐妹
jiě mèi
  1. 1 sisters
  2. 2 siblings
  3. 3 sister (school, city etc)
姐姐
jiě jie
  1. 1 older sister
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
小姐
xiǎo jie
  1. 1 young lady
  2. 2 miss
  3. 3 (slang) prostitute
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
堂姐
táng jiě
  1. 1 older female patrilineal cousin
大夫
dà fū
  1. 1 senior official (in imperial China)
大姐
dà jiě
  1. 1 big sister
  2. 2 elder sister
  3. 3 older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker)
夫
fū
  1. 1 husband
  2. 2 man
  3. 3 manual worker
  4. 4 conscripted laborer (old)
夫人
fū ren
  1. 1 lady
  2. 2 madam
  3. 3 Mrs.
  4. 4 CL:位[wèi]
妹夫
mèi fu
  1. 1 younger sister's husband
姐夫
jiě fu
  1. 1 (coll.) older sister's husband
姨夫
yí fu
  1. 1 mother's sister's husband
  2. 2 husband of mother's sister
学姐
xué jiě
  1. 1 senior or older female schoolmate
家姐
jiā jiě
  1. 1 (polite) my older sister
居里夫人
Jū lǐ Fū ren
  1. 1 see 居禮夫人|居礼夫人[Jū lǐ Fū ren]
屠夫
tú fū
  1. 1 butcher
  2. 2 fig. murderous dictator

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

姐夫，你看，姐姐在水里跳来跳去，好好笑哦，而且你看她表情好奇怪。
jiěfu ，nǐ kàn ，jiějie zài shuǐ lǐ tiào lái tiào qù ，hǎo hǎoxiào ò ，érqiě nǐ kàn tā biǎoqíng hǎo qíguài 。
Jerry, look, your wife is jumping about in the water. What a laugh and look how strange her expression is.
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姐夫，我觉得姐姐怪怪的，好像在叫我们耶...
jiěfu ，wǒ juéde jiějie guàiguài de ，hǎoxiàng zài jiào wǒmen yē ...
Jerry, I think something is up with Feifei, it seems like she's calling us...
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姐，我拿毛巾帮你遮起来了，哇！好红！看起来有点严重，姐夫，听说尿可以治疗水母咬伤，你快点尿在伤口上。
jiě ，wǒ ná máojīn bāng nǐ zhē qǐlái le ，wā ！hǎo hóng ！kàn qǐlái yǒudiǎn yánzhòng ，jiěfu ，tīngshuō niào kěyǐ zhìliáo shuǐmǔ yǎoshāng ，nǐ kuài diǎn niào zài shāngkǒu shàng 。
Feifei, I'll hold a towel to cover you up. Wow! It's so red! It looks quite serious. Jerry, I hear urine can help jellyfish stings. Quick, piss on the wounds.
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雨伞是他们的大媒人，白素贞和许仙开始恋爱了。许仙父母双亡，只有姐姐姐夫。姐姐姐夫看到许仙交了这么漂亮的女朋友，也非常高兴。由姐姐姐夫做主，他们很快结婚了。
yǔsǎn shì tāmen de dà méirén ，Bái Sùzhēn hé Xǔ Xiān kāishǐ liàn\\'ài le 。Xǔ Xiān fùmǔshuāngwáng ，zhǐyǒu jiějie jiěfu 。jiějie jiěfu kàndào Xǔ Xiān jiāo le zhème piàoliang de nǚpéngyou ，yě fēicháng gāoxìng 。yóu jiějie jiěfu zuòzhǔ ，tāmen hěn kuài jiéhūn le 。
The umbrella was their matchmaker, and Bai Suzhen and Xu Xian began to fall in love. Xu Xian's father and mother were both deceased. There was only his older sister and her husband. When his older sister and her husband saw that Xu Xian had found such a beautiful girlfriend, they were also extremely happy. His older sister and her husband decided they should be married soon.
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姐姐的老公，是姐夫。
jiějie de lǎogōng ，shì jiěfu 。
Your older sister's husband is "jie fu."
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可不是嘛，远的不说，就说国籍问题，最近我姐姐和姐夫还争论不休呢。我姐夫是美国人，美国法律允许多重国籍，可是孩子在中国出生，而中国是不承认双重国籍的。
kě bùshì ma ，yuǎn de bù shuō ，jiù shuō guójí wèntí ，zuìjìn wǒ jiějie hé jiěfu huán zhēnglùnbùxiū ne 。wǒ jiěfu shì měiguórén ，Měiguó fǎlǜ yǔnxǔ duō chóng guójí ，kěshì háizi zài Zhōngguó chūshēng ，ér Zhōngguó shì bù chéngrèn shuāngchóng guójí de 。
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