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The Chinese word for father is
父亲

fù qīn



father

Chinese Definition


father
     1. 名词. 父亲;爸爸
     2. 名词. (复)祖先
     3. 名词. 创始人;奠基者;先驱;鼻祖
     4. 名词. 天父;上帝
     5. 名词. (尤指天主教和东正教的)神父
     6. 动词. 作为父亲,成为父亲;养育
Components
     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)
     1. Variant of 親
     2. Variant of 辛



Translations for and their definitions

父親
     1. n. (formal) father
           他 的 父親 看起qi來lai 是 一 位 精神 矍鑠 的 老人。 - His father looks like a sprightly old man.
           你 這麼 說 可是 冤枉wang 你 父親 了。 - You are doing your father wrong by speaking like this.
           我 父親 總是 說 天 助 自 助 者。 - My father always said that heaven helps those who help themselves.


父亲
     1. Simplified form of 父親


     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)


爸爸
     1. n. (informal) dad; papa
           我 爸爸ba 告訴 了 我 去 哪兒r。 - My dad told me where to go.
           我 爸爸ba 請 你 到 我 家 做客。 - My dad is inviting you to our house.
           爸爸ba 失去 了 工作,一家人 的 生活 全 靠 媽媽ma 支撐。 - Dad lost his job, so the whole family had to be supported by mum.
     2. n. (dialectal Mandarin) paternal uncle (father's younger brother)


     1. (colloquial) father; dad
     2. (regional, honorific) old man; grandpa; granddad


老子
     1. pron. (colloquial chiefly male speech sometimes humorous) I; me
           老子zi 才 不 怕 老闆bǎn 呢。 - I'm not afraid of the boss.
     2. pron. =====Usage notes=====
     3. pron. When tr=lǎozi is used this way, it often gives off an arrogant, angry, childish or humorous tone.
     4. n. old man
     5. n. (slang) father; old man
     6. n. (dated or regional) son; young man (i.e. a mother scolding her son)


神父
     1. n. (Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy) father; priest
     2. usage. This term is used by Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christians as a term of address for priests. Priests in Anglican churches are usually called 牧師, which is a term that Protestants in general us


天父
     1. n. (historical) Son of Heaven; emperor



圣父
     1. Simplified form of 聖父


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