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继父jì fù
step-father
Definitions
| Chinese > English | |
| 继父 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 繼父 | |
| 繼父 | jìfù |
| 1. n. stepfather | |
| Components | |
| 继 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 繼 | |
| 繼 | jì |
| 1. to continue; to maintain; to carry on; to follow | |
| 2. to inherit and carry on; to succeed | |
| 繼承 - to inherit | |
| 繼位 - to succeed to the throne; to inherit the throne | |
| 3. follow-up; ensuing; following | |
| 4. immediately afterward; right afterward; soon after | |
| Ji | |
| 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) | |
Pronunciation
jì fù
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