迂夫子

yūfūzǐ

noun

Meanings

1 pedant
2 old fogey
3 stuffy bookish person

Characters

pedantic / impractical

master (honorific)

Examples

他是个不通人情的迂夫子。

Tā shì gè bùtōng rénqíng de yūfūzǐ.

He's a stuffy pedant with no sense of social warmth.

别像个迂夫子，灵活一点。

Bié xiàng gè yūfūzǐ, línghuó yìdiǎn.

Don't act like an old fogey — be more flexible.

Tips

register

Mocking, not vulgar. 迂 (yū) = pedantic, impractical; 夫子 (fūzǐ) = a respectful term for a teacher (as in 孔夫子 Confucius), used here ironically.

Stroke Order

迂 yū

夫 fū

子 zǐ