先夫

xiānfū

one's late husband; one's deceased husband

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 先 xiān
  1. beforehand; first; earlier
  2. at first; originally
  3. for the time being; for now
  4. (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
=1 先 xiǎn only used in 先馬／先马
=2 夫 fū
  1. husband
  2. man
  3. manual worker
  4. conscripted laborer (old)
=2 夫 fú
  1. (classical) this, that
  2. he, she, they
  3. (exclamatory final particle)
  4. (initial particle, introduces an opinion)