Chinese Word of the Day
祖父zǔ fù
grandfather
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 祖父 | zǔfù | |
| 1. n. (formal) paternal grandfather (one's father's father) | ||
| 我 祖父 既 不 會 讀 又 不 會 寫。 - My grandfather can neither read nor write. | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| grandfather | ||
| 1. 名词. 爷爷、祖父、姥爷、外祖父 | ||
| Components | ||
| 祖 | zǔ | |
| 1. ancestor; forebear; forefather | ||
| 2. grandparent; grandfather or grandmother | ||
| 3. founder | ||
| 4. (literary) to follow the example of; to pattern after | ||
| 5. . Zu | ||
| 祖 沖-之 - Zu Chongzhi (Chinese astronomer and mathematician during the Liu Song and Southern Qi dynasties) | ||
| 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) | ||
| (ant, zh, 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) | ||
| (ant, zh, 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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Pronunciation
zǔ fù
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