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The Chinese word for step-father is
继父

jì fù


Chinese Definition


Components
     1. Simplified form of 繼
     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)


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