The Chinese word 渔夫 (yúfū), meaning "fisherman," is a straightforward compound noun formed through semantic combination. The first character, 渔 (yú), is a verb meaning "to fish" or is related to fishing. The second character, 夫 (fū), is a noun meaning "man" or "person." When combined, they create an endocentric compound where 夫 (the "head") is modified by 渔, resulting in the meaning "a man whose occupation or action is fishing." This follows a common Mandarin word-formation pattern where an action or trade (渔) is prefixed to the agent suffix 夫 to denote a person engaged in that specific activity.