拉夫

Chinese

		to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag; to draw	husband; man
trad. (拉夫/拉伕)		拉	夫/伕
simp. (拉夫)		拉	夫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lāfū

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚ ㄈㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laai¹ fu¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): la-hu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lāfū
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄚ ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lafu
    • Wade–Giles: la¹-fu¹
    • Yale: lā-fū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhafu
    • Palladius: лафу (lafu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä⁵⁵ fu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laai¹ fu¹
    • Yale: lāai fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laai¹ fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lai¹ fu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːi̯⁵⁵ fuː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la-hu
    • Tâi-lô: la-hu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: la'hw
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /la⁴⁴⁻²² hu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /la³³ hu³³/

Verb

拉夫

1. to press-gang; to press or force people into service
2. (by extension) to ask someone to do something that they are reluctant to do; to press-gang

   臨時拉夫／临时拉夫  ―  línshí lāfū  ―  to press-gang someone when needed

References

• “Entry #59060”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.