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继父jì fù
step-father
Definitions
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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) - (q, 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) - (q, humble) my father | ||
生父 (shēngfù) - biological father | ||
養父 (yǎngfù) - adoptive father | ||
繼父 (jìfù) - stepfather | ||
天父 - q | ||
國父 (guófù) - father of a nation; (q, specifically) Father of the Republic (Sun Yat-sen) | ||
雜交 水稻 之 父 (zájiāo shuǐdào zhī fù) - (q, 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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