马车夫

馬車夫

mǎchēfū

noun #36,569

Measure Word

一个马车夫 gè

Meanings

1 coachman; carriage driver
2 cart driver (one who drives a horse-drawn vehicle)

Characters

man (occupational suffix)

Examples

马车夫挥起鞭子,马车开始前进。

Mǎchēfū huīqǐ biānzi, mǎchē kāishǐ qiánjìn.

The coachman cracked his whip, and the carriage began to move.

在十九世纪的欧洲,马车夫是常见的职业。

Zài shíjiǔ shìjì de Ōuzhōu, mǎchēfū shì chángjiàn de zhíyè.

In nineteenth-century Europe, coachman was a common profession.

Tips

memory

Three transparent parts: 马 (horse) + 车 (vehicle) + 夫 (man) = 'horse-vehicle man' = coachman. The 夫 suffix appears in similar period jobs: 渔夫 (yúfū) fisherman, 农夫 (nóngfū) farmer, 车夫 (chēfū) cart-puller.

Stroke Order

马 mǎ

车 chē

夫 fū