大夫(dà fū)

HSK 42 characters

senior official (in imperial China)

Character breakdown

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Example sentences

How 大夫 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

  • 她以为我是大夫

    tā yǐ wéi wǒ shì dài fu

    She thought that I was a doctor.

  • 我父亲是个大夫

    wǒ fù qīn shì gè dài fu

    My father is a doctor.

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