渔父

漁父

yúfǔ

noun

Measure Word

一位渔父 wèi

Meanings

1 old fisherman
2 The Fisherman, a piece in the Songs of Chu in which Qu Yuan talks with a fisherman

宋教仁 Sòng Jiàorén Song Jiaoren · revolutionary, 1882–1913

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

江边的渔父唱着歌划船离开了。

Jiāngbiān de yúfǔ chàng zhe gē huáchuán líkāi le.

The old fisherman by the river rowed away singing.

HSK 7-9

《楚辞·渔父》里，渔父劝屈原不要太固执。

《 Chǔcí · Yúfǔ 》 lǐ, yúfǔ quàn Qū Yuán búyào tài gùzhi.

In 'The Fisherman' of the Songs of Chu, the fisherman urges Qu Yuan not to be so unbending.

Tips

mistakes

Read 父 with the third tone. In old texts 父 is a respectful word for an old man, as in 田父 'old farmer', not 父 'father'. So the word is yúfǔ, never yúfù.

history

In 《楚辞·渔父》, the exiled 屈原 says 举世皆浊我独清, 'the whole world is muddy and I alone am clean'. The fisherman smiles, sings 沧浪之水清兮, 'when the Canglang's water is clear...', and rows away.

Stroke Order

渔 yú

父 fù