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| 岳父 | yuèfù |
| 1. n. father-in-law (wife's father) |
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| father-in-law | |
| 1. 公公 |
| 2. 翁 |
| 3. 岳父 |
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| 岳 | yuè |
| 1. (Alternative form *嶽) tall mountain |
| 2. (historical) name of a mountain ((generally interpreted as Mount Song (Eno, 2009))) |
| 3. parent-in-law |
| 岳 ^飛 - Yue Fei |
| 4. Simplified form of 嶽 |
| 5. Variant of ? |
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| 嶽 | yuè |
| 1. tall mountain; highest peak |
| 父 | fù |
| 1. father |
| 父親 (fùqīn) - (formal) father |
| 父母 (fùmǔ) - parents; father and mother |
| 父子 (fùzǐ) - father and son |
| 父女 (fùnǚ) - father and daughter |
| 父輩 (fùbèi) - one's father's generation |
| 家父 (jiāfù) - (humble) my father |
| 生父 (shēngfù) - biological father |
| 養父 (yǎngfù) - adoptive father |
| 繼父 (jìfù) - stepfather |
| 天父 (tiānfù) - (Christianity) Heavenly Father |
| 國父 (guófù) - father of a nation; (specifically) Father of the Republic (Sun Yat-sen) |
| 雜交 水稻 之 父 (zájiāo shuǐdào zhī fù) - (specifically) Father of Hybrid Rice (Yuan Longping) |
| Antonyms: 母 |
| 2. (Used to address a male elder member of a family.) |
| 祖父 (zǔfù) - paternal grandfather (one's father's father) |
| 伯父 (bófù) - paternal uncle (father's elder brother) |
| 叔父 (shūfù) - paternal uncle (father's younger brother) |
| 岳父 (yuèfù) - father-in-law (wife's father) |
| 舅父 (jiùfù) - maternal uncle (mother's brother) |
| 姨父 (yífù) - maternal uncle (husband of mother's sister) |
| 姑父 (gūfù) - paternal uncle (husband of father's sister) |
| Antonyms: 母 |
| 3. (literary, respectful) old man; elderly man |
| 漁父fǔ (yúfǔ) - old fisherman |
| 田父fǔ (tiánfǔ) - old farmer |
| 4. (literary) Alternative form of 甫 ((honorific suffix used after a man's name;) courtesy name) |
| 梁父fǔ山（^梁甫山） (Liángfǔshān (Liángfǔshān)) - Mount Liangfu (alternately, Mount Liangfu) (in Shandong, China) |
