父 (fu6 fu2 | fu4 fu3) : father

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父

fu6 fu2

fu4 fu3

[粵] fu6 | [國] fu4
[1] father
[2] male relative of a senior generation

[粵] fu2 | [國] fu3
[1] a term of respect for an elderly man
[2] [archaic] one's courtesy name

Stroke count: 4

Level: 1

Radical: 父 (#88)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

父

This word has been viewed 11534 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 14th Jun 2013 15:07

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父母 fu6 mou5 fu4 mu3 = parents

父親 fu6 can1 fu4 qin5 = father (formal)

師父 si1 fu6*2 shi1 fu4 = teacher or master

舅父 kau5 fu6*2 jiu4 fu4 = uncle (mother's brother)

國父 gwok3 fu6 guo2 fu4 = founding father (of a country/nation)

伯父 baak3 fu6*2 bo2 fu4 = father's elder brother; uncle 國

外父 ngoi6 fu6*2 wai4 fu4 = Father in law 粵

父母親 fu6 mou5 can1 fu4 mu3 qin1 = parents

養父母 joeng5 fu6 mou5 yang3 fu4 mu3 = to support one's parents

養父 joeng5 fu6 yang3 fu4 = foster father
See all 42 compounds (CantoDict reports 41 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

Showing all 4 examples containing 父

呢位係我父親。粵
This is my father.

我一見到我父母就好開心。粵
I am very happy upon seeing my parents.

我父母早餐常吃烤麵包。國
My parents eat toast for breakfast.

危難中，"有子不需父上前"；搶險時，"上陣不離父子兵"。
A son would would protect his father and face the danger himself; but in times of emergency, both son and father would fight the battle together.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 父
Unicode code for this character: U+7236 (off-site link)

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