岳父

Chinese

		mountain; wife's father	father
simp. and trad. (岳父)		岳	父

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yuèfù

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄈㄨˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yuo² fu⁴

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): вэфу (vefu, III-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngok⁶ fu^6-2
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngo̍k-fu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ngog⁶ fu⁴

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ga̍k-hǔ / ga̍k-hū
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁸ngoq-vu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuèfù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuèfù
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴-fu⁴
    • Yale: ywè-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehfuh
    • Palladius: юэфу (juefu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: yuo² fu⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: iuo fu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yo²¹ fu²¹³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: вэфу (vefu, III-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /vɛ⁴⁴ fou²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngok⁶ fu^6-2
    • Yale: ngohk fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngok⁹ fu^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngog⁶ fu^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːk̚² fuː²²⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngo̍k-fu
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngog fu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngog⁶ fu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋok̚⁵ fu⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngog⁶ fu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋɔk̚⁵ fu⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ga̍k-hǔ
    • Tâi-lô: ga̍k-hǔ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡak̚²⁴⁻² hu²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ga̍k-hū
    • Tâi-lô: ga̍k-hū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gaghu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡak̚⁴⁻³² hu²²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hu²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɡak̚⁴⁻³² hu³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁸ngoq-vu
    • MiniDict: ngoh^入 vu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵ngoq-vu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋoʔ¹¹ vu²³/

Noun

岳父

1. father-in-law (wife's father)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 岳父 (“father-in-law (wife's father)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		岳父, 岳丈
Mandarin	Beijing	老丈人, 丈人
	Taiwan	岳父
	Ulanhot	老丈人
	Tongliao	老丈人
	Chifeng	老丈人
	Bayanhot	外父
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	老丈人
	Harbin	老丈人
	Yantai (Muping)	丈爺, 丈人
	Jinan	丈人, 老丈人, 岳父
	Luoyang	丈人
	Wanrong	丈人
	Zhengzhou	老丈人, 丈人
	Xi'an	丈人爸, 丈人
	Yinchuan	外父
	Lanzhou	丈人爸
	Xining	丈人
	Ürümqi	外父, 老丈人
	Wuhan	親爺, 老親爺, 丈人
	Huanggang	妻爺
	Chengdu	老丈人, 岳父
	Guiyang	老丈人, 親爺
	Kunming	老丈人
	Liuzhou	丈人老, 岳父老
	Xuzhou	老丈人, 老丈母爹, 丈母爹, 老岳頭兒, 老岳
	Yangzhou	丈人
	Nanjing	丈人, 老丈人
	Hefei	老丈人, 丈人
	Nantong	丈人
	Singapore	岳父
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	丈人
Cantonese	Guangzhou	外父, 丈人佬, 老外, 岳父, 岳丈
	Hong Kong	外父, 岳父
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	外父, 岳父, 主人公
	Foshan	外父
	Foshan (Shunde)	外父
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	外父佬
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	外父
	Taishan	外父
	Kaiping (Chikan)	外父
	Dongguan	丈人佬
	Shaoguan	外父, 外父佬
	Yunfu	外父佬
	Yangjiang	外老
	Xinyi	外父佬
	Lianjiang	外父佬
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	岳父, 外父
	Singapore (Guangfu)	岳父
	Yangon (Taishan)	老外, 外父
	Mandalay (Taishan)	外父
Gan	Nanchang	丈人, 丈人老子
	Lichuan	丈兒公
	Pingxiang	丈姨爺
Hakka	Meixian	丈人老, 岳父
	Xingning	丈老
	Huidong (Daling)	丈人老
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	丈人老
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	丈人老
	Changting	丈門老
	Wuping	丈人老
	Wuping (Pingyu)	丈人老
	Liancheng	丈母爺
	Ninghua	丈人
	Yudu	丈人, 丈人老
	Ruijin	丈人, 丈人爹
	Shicheng	丈人爹
	Shangyou (Shexi)	丈人老
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	丈人老, 岳父
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	丈人老, 岳父
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	丈人老, 岳父
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	丈人老, 岳父
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	丈人老, 岳父
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	丈㜷老
	Hong Kong	丈人老
	Sabah (Longchuan)	丈人老
	Senai (Huiyang)	丈人老
	Singkawang	丈人老
Huizhou	Jixi	丈人, 丈人老
Jin	Taiyuan	老丈人, 丈人
	Xinzhou	丈人, 老丈人, 外父
	Taibus (Baochang)	老丈人
	Linhe	外父
	Jining	外父
	Hohhot	外父
	Baotou	外父
	Dongsheng	外父
	Haibowan	外父
Northern Min	Jian'ou	丈人
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	丈儂
	Changle	丈儂
	Fuqing	丈儂
	Yongtai	丈儂
	Gutian	丈儂
	Fu'an	丈儂
	Ningde	丈儂
	Shouning	丈儂
	Zhouning	丈儂
	Fuding	丈面老
Southern Min	Xiamen	丈儂, 丈儂公
	Quanzhou	丈儂, 丈儂公
	Jinjiang	丈儂
	Zhangzhou	丈儂, 丈儂公
	Taipei	丈儂
	Kaohsiung	丈儂
	Yilan	丈儂, 丈儂仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	丈儂
	Taichung	丈儂
	Taichung (Wuqi)	丈儂
	Tainan	丈儂, 丈儂爸
	Taitung	丈儂
	Hsinchu	丈儂
	Penghu (Magong)	丈儂
	Penang (Hokkien)	丈儂
	Singapore (Hokkien)	丈儂
	Manila (Hokkien)	丈儂
	Longyan	丈翁老
	Chaozhou	丈儂
	Shantou	丈儂
	Jieyang	丈儂
	Haifeng	丈儂
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	丈儂
	Singapore (Teochew)	丈儂
	Leizhou	外家公, 外家公爸
	Wenchang	外家爸
	Haikou	外家爸
Puxian Min	Putian	丈儂
	Xianyou	丈儂, 丈儂公
Central Min	Yong'an	俺人, 丈人
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	丈人, 丈人公
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	外父老, 岳父
Wu	Shanghai	丈人, 丈人阿伯, 丈人老頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	丈人
	Suzhou	丈人
	Danyang	老丈人, 丈人
	Hangzhou	丈人老頭兒
	Ningbo	丈人老頭, 丈人阿伯, 丈人
	Wenzhou	丈人老, 丈老, 丈人
	Jinhua	丈人
Xiang	Changsha	岳老子, 丈人老子, 九尺五
	Loudi	丈人公
	Shuangfeng	丈人家, 丈老子, 乾爺

See also

• 岳母 (yuèmǔ)
• 丈母娘 (zhàngmuniáng)
• 丈母 (zhàngmǔ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
岳	父
がく Grade: S	ふ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
嶽父 (kyūjitai)

Noun

岳(がく)父(ふ) • (gakufu) 

1. (rare, literary) one's wife's father: a man's father-in-law

Synonyms

• 義父(ぎふ) (gifu)
• 舅(しゅうと) (shūto)