| Component |
Pinyin |
Meanings |
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| 祖 |
zǔ |
1. ancestor; forebear; forefather |
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2. grandparent; grandfather or grandmother |
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3. founder |
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4. (literary) to follow the example of; to pattern after |
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5. . Zu |
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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 |
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父母 (fùmǔ) - parents; father and mother |
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父子 (fùzǐ) - father and son |
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父女 (fùnǚ) - father and daughter |
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父輩 (fùbèi) - one's father's generation |
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家父 (jiāfù) - (humble) my father |
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生父 (shēngfù) - biological father |
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養父 (yǎngfù) - adoptive father |
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繼父 (jìfù) - stepfather |
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天父 (tiānfù) - (Christianity) Heavenly Father |
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國父 (guófù) - father of a nation; (specifically) Father of the Republic (Sun Yat-sen) |
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雜交 水稻 之 父 (zájiāo shuǐdào zhī fù) - (specifically) Father of Hybrid Rice (Yuan Longping) |
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Antonyms: 母 |
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2. (Used to address a male elder member of a family.) |
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祖父 (zǔfù) - paternal grandfather (one's father's father) |
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伯父 (bófù) - paternal uncle (father's elder brother) |
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叔父 (shūfù) - paternal uncle (father's younger brother) |
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岳父 (yuèfù) - father-in-law (wife's father) |
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舅父 (jiùfù) - maternal uncle (mother's brother) |
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姨父 (yífù) - maternal uncle (husband of mother's sister) |
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姑父 (gūfù) - paternal uncle (husband of father's sister) |
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Antonyms: 母 |
| fǔ |
3. (literary, respectful) old man; elderly man |
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漁父fǔ (yúfǔ) - old fisherman |
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田父fǔ (tiánfǔ) - old farmer |
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4. (literary) Alternative form of 甫 ((honorific suffix used after a man's name;) courtesy name) |
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梁父fǔ山（梁甫山） (Liángfǔshān (Liángfǔshān)) - Mount Liangfu (alternately, Mount Liangfu) (in Shandong, China) |
