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

HSK 5

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.

HSK 7-9

马车夫挥起鞭子,马车开始前进。

Mǎchēfū huī qǐ biānzi, mǎchē kāishǐ qiánjìn.

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

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