義父

Chinese

		justice; righteousness; meaning	father
trad. (義父)		義	父
simp. (义父)		义	父

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìfù

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ fu⁶
• Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): gī-hǔ / gī-hū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìfù
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìfù
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-fu⁴
    • Yale: yì-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihfuh
    • Palladius: ифу (ifu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶ fu⁶
    • Yale: yih fuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ fu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ fu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² fuː²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gī-hǔ
    • Tâi-lô: gī-hǔ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡi⁴¹⁻²² hu²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gī-hū
    • Tâi-lô: gī-hū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gixhu
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡi³³⁻¹¹ hu³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡi³³⁻²¹ hu³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɡi²²⁻²¹ hu²²/

Noun

義父

1. (literary) adoptive father

Synonyms

• 養父／养父 (yǎngfù)

Related terms

• 義兄／义兄 (yìxiōng)
• 義姉／义姊 (yìjiě)
• 義妹／义妹
• 義弟／义弟 (yìdì)
• 義母／义母 (yìmǔ)
• 義親／义亲

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (義父):

• → Japanese: 義父(ぎふ) (gifu)
• → Korean: 의부(義父) (uibu)
• → Vietnamese: nghĩa phụ (義父)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
義	父
ぎ Grade: 5	ふ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 義父／义父 (yìfù, “a father by moral principles”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぎ​ふ [gíꜜfù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɡʲiɸɯ̟ᵝ]

• Homophones: 妓夫, 蟻付

Noun

義(ぎ)父(ふ) • (gifu) 

1. a father by moral principles
2. a stepfather
3. an adoptive father
4. a father-in-law (one's spouse's father)

Related terms

• 継(けい)父(ふ) (keifu)
• 養(よう)父(ふ) (yōfu)
• 舅(しひと) (shihito), 舅(しゅうと) (shūto)

See also

• 義(ぎ)親(しん) (gishin)
• 義(ぎ)母(ぼ) (gibo)
• 義(ぎ)兄(けい) (gikei)
• 義(ぎ)姉(し) (gishi)
• 義(ぎ)弟(てい) (gitei)
• 義(ぎ)妹(まい) (gimai)