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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gī-hū / gī-hǔ

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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/
• Southern Min
  • (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/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gī-hǔ
    • Tâi-lô: gī-hǔ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡi⁴¹⁻²² hu²²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 義父

1. (literary) A spiritual father, or a father by moral/ethical principles. It refers to a man who promises to be a nominal father of a child by making moral or ethical commitment. The first character "義" means "moral" or "ethical", while the second character "父" means "father". The concept is similar to the God-father concept in Christian traditions.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (義父):

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

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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

• Homophones: 妓夫, 蟻付

Noun

義(ぎ)父(ふ) • (gifu) 

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

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)