大夫

dàfū
senior official (in imperial China)

CEDICT

Homographs

大夫 dàifu doctor; physician

Entry Composition

1 大 dà
  1. big; large; great
  2. older (than another person)
  3. eldest (as in 大姐 dàjiě)
  4. greatly; freely; fully
  5. (dialect) father
  6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
2 夫 fū
  1. husband
  2. man
  3. manual worker
  4. conscripted laborer (old)