父母

Chinese

		father	female; mother
simp. and trad. (父母)		父	母

Etymology 1

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 父母

1. parents; mother and father; mum and dad

   生身父母  ―  shēngshēn fùmǔ  ―  biological parents

   我父母三年前分居了。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Wǒ fùmǔ sān nián qián fēnjū le. [Pinyin]

   My parents separated two years ago.

   為什麼我的父母從來不為我考慮？ [MSC, trad.]
   为什么我的父母从来不为我考虑？ [MSC, simp.]

   Wèishénme wǒ de fùmǔ cónglái bù wèi wǒ kǎolǜ? [Pinyin]

   Why don't mum and dad ever take me into consideration?

   子女忤逆不孝實在令父母寒心。 [MSC, trad.]
   子女忤逆不孝实在令父母寒心。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zǐnǚ wǔnì bùxiào shízài lìng fùmǔ hánxīn. [Pinyin]

   Wayward children who are unfilial are a disappointment to their parents.

2. Short for 父母官 (fùmǔguān).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 父母 (“father and mother; parents”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		父母, 爺娘, 怙恃, 雙親
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		父母, 雙親, 父母親
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	爹媽, 老家兒
	Taiwan	爸媽
	Singapore	爸媽, 家長
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	老的兒, 爹媽
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	老兒的
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	媽爸
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	娘老子
	Lanzhou	娘老子, 老漢們
	Ürümqi	娘老子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	娘老子, 媽老漢兒
	Chongqing	媽老漢兒
	Wuhan	娘老子, 兩老
	Liuzhou	娘老子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	娘老子
	Yangzhou	娘老子
	Nantong	爺娘
Cantonese	Guangzhou	老豆老母
	Hong Kong	老豆老母, 爹哋媽咪, 阿爸阿媽
	Yangjiang	老子阿奶
Gan	Nanchang	爺娘
	Pingxiang	娘爺
Hakka	Meixian	爺哀
	Xingning	爺哀
	Huidong (Daling)	阿爸阿姆
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	阿姆阿爸
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	爺哀
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	阿爸阿姆
	Liannan	爺哀
	Jiexi	爺哀
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	爺哀
	Changting	爹哀, 爺哀
	Wuping	爺哀
	Wuping (Yanqian)	爺哀
	Wuping (Pingyu)	爺哀
	Ninghua	爹母
	Ningdu	爹姐
	Ruijin	哀爹, 爺娘, 爺哀
	Shicheng	爹哀
	Shangyou (Shexi)	爺姐
	Tonggu (Sandu)	娘爺
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	爺姐
	Dayu	爺佬姐佬
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	爺哀, 爺母, 兩老
	Hong Kong	阿爸阿姆
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	老子阿奶
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	父母
	Xinyi (Sihe)	爺哀
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	爺哀
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	爸媽
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	父母親
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	爺哀
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	爺哀, 爸哀
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	爸哀
	Luchuan	爸媽
Huizhou	Jixi	娘老子, 老子娘, 老子爺娘
Jin	Taiyuan	爹娘
	Xinzhou	老子娘
Northern Min	Jian'ou	爹奶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	爸奶
	Matsu	爸奶
Southern Min	Xiamen	爸母, 老爸母
	Quanzhou	爸母, 老爸母
	Jinjiang	爸母
	Zhangzhou	爸母, 老爸母
	Zhao'an	爸母
	Taipei	爸母
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	爸母
	Kaohsiung	爸母
	Yilan	爸母
	Changhua (Lukang)	爸母
	Taichung	爸母
	Tainan	爸母
	Hsinchu	爸母
	Kinmen	爸母
	Penghu (Magong)	爸母
	Penang (Hokkien)	爸母
	Singapore (Hokkien)	爸母
	Manila (Hokkien)	爸母
	Chaozhou	父嬡, 爸母
	Jieyang	父嬡
	Singapore (Teochew)	爸母
Wu	Shanghai	爺娘
	Suzhou	爺娘
	Danyang	娘啊老子, 爺娘 rare
	Hangzhou	娘老子
	Ningbo	爹娘
	Wenzhou	奶阿伯, 阿伯奶
Xiang	Changsha	爺娘
	Shuangfeng	爺娘

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 父母 – see 爸母 (“father and mother; parents”). (This term is a variant form of 爸母).

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
父	母
ふ Grade: 2	ぼ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

父(ふ)母(ぼ) • (fubo) : lit. "father-mother"

1. parents; father and mother

Synonyms

• 親(おや) (oya) (lit. "relatives, parents, close relations")
• 両(りょう)親(しん) (ryōshin), 両(ふた)親(おや) (futaoya) (both parents)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
父	母

Noun

父母 • (bumo) (hangeul 부모)

1. Hanja form^? of 부모 (“parent, parents”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
父	母

Noun

父母

1. chữ Hán form of phụ mẫu (“parents”).