# 大丈夫
## Chinese
### Etymology 1

Attestable in pre-Qin texts.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dàzhàngfu, dàzhàngfū
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄤˋ ˙ㄈㄨ, ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄤˋ ㄈㄨ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): daai$^6$ zoeng$^6$ fu$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-chhong-fû
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-tiōng-hu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, colloquial, standard in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàzhàngfu
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄤˋ ˙ㄈㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàjhàngfů
*** Wade–Giles: ta$^4$-chang$^4$-fu$^5$
*** Yale: dà-jàng-fu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahjanq.fu
*** Palladius: дачжанфу (dačžanfu)
*** Sinological IPA : /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹ fu¹/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, literary alternative in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàzhàngfū
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄤˋ ㄈㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàjhàngfu
*** Wade–Giles: ta$^4$-chang$^4$-fu$^1$
*** Yale: dà-jàng-fū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahjanqfu
*** Palladius: дачжанфу (dačžanfu)
*** Sinological IPA : /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹ fu⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daai$^6$ zoeng$^6$ fu$^1$
*** Yale: daaih jeuhng fū
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daai$^6$ dzoeng$^6$ fu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dai$^6$ zêng$^6$ fu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /taːi̯²² t͡sœːŋ²² fuː⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-chhong-fû
*** Hakka Romanization System: tai cong fu$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tai$^4$ cong$^4$ fu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵ fu²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-tiōng-hu
*** Tâi-lô: tāi-tiōng-hu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: daixdioxnghw
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² tiɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² hu³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ tiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ hu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ tiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/

#### Noun

大丈夫
* real man; man of character
       nánzǐhàn dàzhàngfū, liúxuè bù liúlèi [Pinyin]
       A true man bleeds but never sheds a tear
    From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
    Jū tiānxià zhī guǎngjū, lì tiānxià zhī zhèngwèi, xíng tiānxià zhī dàdào. Dézhì yǔ mín yóu zhī, bùdézhì dúxíng qí dào. Fùguì bùnéng yín, pínjiàn bùnéng yí, wēiwǔ bùnéng qū. Cǐ zhī wèi dàzhàngfū. [Pinyin]
    If you dwell in the great house of the world, are established in your correct position in the world, walk the great Path of the world; if you attain your ambitions for office, and then share your goodness with the people—or, not attaining your ambitions for office and walking alone on your own Path; if wealth and honor do not dissipate you, poverty and low status do not make you move from your principles; authority and might do not distort you: Then you can be called a “great man.”
    From: Tao Te Ching, 4th century BCE
    Qiánshí zhě, dào zhī huá ér yú zhī shǐ yě. Shì yǐ dàzhàngfū chù qí hòu, bù chù qí bó; jū qí shí, bù jū qí huá. Gù qù bǐ qǔ cǐ. [Pinyin]
    Foreknowledge is the flower of Tao, but of ignorance the beginning. Therefore a great sportsman abides by the solid and dwells not in the superficial. He abides in the fruit and dwells not in the flower. Therefore he discards the latter and chooses the former.
    From: Han Feizi, circa 2nd century BCE
    Suǒwèi “dàzhàngfū” zhě, wèi qí zhì zhī dà yě. [Pinyin]
    "A great sportsman" is so called because his wisdom is great.
    From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
    Guān Qín huángdì, kuìrán tàixī yuē: “Jiēhū, dàzhàngfū dāng rúcǐ yě!” [Pinyin]
    When he saw Qin Shihuang, he sighed: "Oh, that's what a man should be like!"

##### Descendants

* → Japanese: 大(だい)丈(じょう)夫(ぶ) (daijōbu); 大(だい)丈(じょう)夫(ふ) (daijōfu)
* → Korean: 대장부(大丈夫) (daejangbu)
* → Vietnamese: đại trượng phu (大丈夫)

##### See also

* 丈夫 (zhàngfū)
* 男子漢／男子汉 (nánzǐhàn)

### Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大(だい)丈(じょう)夫(ぶ) (daijōbu), from Chinese 大丈夫.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dàzhàngfū
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄤˋ ㄈㄨ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàzhàngfū
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄤˋ ㄈㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàjhàngfu
*** Wade–Giles: ta$^4$-chang$^4$-fu$^1$
*** Yale: dà-jàng-fū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahjanqfu
*** Palladius: дачжанфу (dačžanfu)
*** Sinological IPA : /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹ fu⁵⁵/

#### Adjective

大丈夫
* (Internet slang) all right; okay
    這樣大丈夫？／这样大丈夫？ ― Zhèyàng dàzhàngfū? ― Is this okay?

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 大 | 丈 | 夫 |
| だい Grade: 1 | じょう Grade: S | ぶ Grade: 4 |
| goon |||

### Alternative forms

* (informal) だいじょぶ (daijobu)

### Etymology

From Chinese 大丈夫, equivalent to 大 (dai-) +‎ 丈夫 (jōbu).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) だいじょーぶ [dàíjóꜜòbù] (Nakadaka – [3])
* IPA: [da̠iʑo̞ːbɯ̟]

### Noun

大(だい)丈(じょう)夫(ぶ) • (daijōbu) (alternative reading hiragana だいじょうふ, rōmaji daijōfu, historical hiragana だいぢやうふ)
* (archaic) a man of class; a great man

### Adjective

大(だい)丈(じょう)夫(ぶ) • (daijōbu) -na (adnominal 大(だい)丈(じょう)夫(ぶ)な (daijōbu na), adverbial 大(だい)丈(じょう)夫(ぶ)に (daijōbu ni))
* (of a person) all right; okay; in good health; uninjured
    Synonym: 無事 (buji)
    大(だい)丈(じょう)夫(ぶ)ですか。
       Daijōbu desu ka.
       Are you all right?
** 1996 February 20 [1988 February 15], Mitsuru Adachi, “なにがなんだか 後編 [What’s What: Last Chapter]”, in SHORT(ショート) PROGRAM(プログラム) [Short Program], 25th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 283:
    大(だい)丈(じょう)夫(ぶ)受(う)かります！
       Daijōbu ukarimasu!
       That’ll be all right. You’ll definitely pass!
    ほんとに⁉
       Honto ni⁉
       Really!?
* (of an object) all right, unbroken, still working
* certain, correct, certifiable
* (after the te form of a verb) indifferent, unconcerned
    Synonyms: かまわない (kamawanai), 差し支えない (sashitsukaenai)
    遅(ち)刻(こく)しても大(だい)丈(じょう)夫(ぶ)だ。
       Chikoku shitemo daijōbu da.
       It's no big deal to be late.
* (in response to an offer) no thank you
    Synonyms: いい (ii), 結構 (kekkou), 要らない (iranai)
    レジ袋(ぶくろ)は大(だい)丈(じょう)夫(ぶ)です。
       Rejibukuro wa daijōbu desu.
       I am fine without a plastic bag.

#### Usage notes

* In strict terms, declining an offer with 大丈夫 is considered ambiguous. Nonetheless, the usage has become widespread in modern day Japan.

### Descendants

* → Hokkien: lăi-jiò͘-bù
* → Mandarin: 大丈夫 (dàzhàngfū)
* → Yonaguni: 大丈夫 (daidubu)

### References

* 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
* Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 大 | 丈 | 夫 |

### Noun

大丈夫 • (daejangbu) (hangeul 대장부)
* hanja form of 대장부 (“real man”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 大 | 丈 | 夫 |

### Noun

大丈夫
* chữ Hán form of đại trượng phu (“(archaic, Chinese fiction) a virtuous, ambitious, admirable man”).

## Yonaguni

Kanji in this term :
| 大 | 丈 | 夫 |
| Grade: 1 | Grade: S | Grade: 4 |

### Etymology

From Japanese 大(だい)丈(じょう)夫(ぶ) (daijōbu), from Chinese 大丈夫 (dàzhàngfu).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /daidubu/

### Adjective

大丈夫(だいどぅぶ) (daidubu)
* all right
* okay