親父

Chinese

		dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring	father
trad. (親父)		親	父
simp. (亲父)		亲	父
anagram		父親／父亲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīnfù

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣ ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): can¹ fu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīnfù
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cinfù
    • Wade–Giles: chʻin¹-fu⁴
    • Yale: chīn-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chinfuh
    • Palladius: циньфу (cinʹfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ fu⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 親父 / 亲父 親赴 / 亲赴

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: can¹ fu⁶
    • Yale: chān fuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsan¹ fu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cen¹ fu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵ fuː²²/

Noun

親父

1. (literary) biological father

Japanese

Kanji in this term
親	父
おや > や Grade: 2	ちち > じ Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Kanji in this term
親	父
おや Grade: 2	ちち > じ Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
親仁 親爺

Etymology 1

Perhaps from 親 (oya, “parent”) +‎ 父 (chichi, “father”). The reading appears to be an alteration of an earlier form, oyachichi, perhaps under the influence of 爺 (chichi, jiji, jī, “old man”). The kanji are jukujikun (熟(じゅく)字(じ)訓(くん)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [o̞ja̠ʑi]
• (Tokyo) おやじ [òyájí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) おやじ [óꜜyàjì] (Atamadaka – [1])

• Homophone: 親字

Noun

親(おや)父(じ) or 親父(オヤジ) or 親(や)父(じ) or 親父(ヤジ) • (oyaji or yaji) ^{←おやぢ (oyadi) or オヤヂ (oyadi) or やぢ (yadi) or ヤヂ (yadi)?}

1. (informal) an old man (elderly man)
2. (informal) an old man (father)
   • 2007 October 20, Izawa, Hiroshi with Yamada, Kotaro, “第(だい)42話(わ)　父(ちち)と子(こ) [Chapter 42: Father and Son]”, in ファイアーエムブレム 覇者の剣 [Fire Emblem: Sword of Champions], Jump Remix edition, volume 5 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, pages 215–216:

     やめろ　オヤジ…や…やめてくれよ‼　オヤジと戦(たたか)えるわけないだろ―――――‼　なんでだよ　オヤジ…なんで…なんでわかってくれねぇんだ⁉　オレだよ！アルだ‼　オヤジィ‼

     Yamero oyaji… Ya…yamete kure yo‼ Oyaji to tatakaeru wakenai daro―――――‼ Nan de da yo oyaji… Nan de… Nan de wakatte kurenēn da⁉ Ore da yo! Aru da‼ Oyajī‼

     Stop it, pops… St…Stop it, please‼ I can’t fight you, pops‼ Why, pops… Why… Why can’t you hear me⁉ It’s me‼ I’m Alle‼ Pops‼

   • 2007 October 20, Izawa, Hiroshi with Yamada, Kotaro, “第(だい)42話(わ)　父(ちち)と子(こ) [Chapter 42: Father and Son]”, in ファイアーエムブレム 覇者の剣 [Fire Emblem: Sword of Champions], Jump Remix edition, volume 5 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 225:

     目(め)を覚(さ)ましてくれよ…オヤジ…オヤジ　オレ…オレ…強(つよ)くなっただろ？

     Me o samashitekure yo… Oyaji… Oyaji Ore… Ore… tsuyoku natta daro?

     Please wake up… pops… Pops, I… I have… gotten stronger, haven’t I?

Usage notes

• The word is relatively masculine in usage. A woman is unlikely to use it to refer to her own father.

Related terms

• おじさん (ojisan)
• おばさん (obasan)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
親	父
しん Grade: 2	ふ > ぷ Grade: 2
on'yomi

From Chinese 親父 / 亲父 (qīnfù).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕĩmpɯ̟]
• (Tokyo) しんぷ [shíꜜǹpù] (Atamadaka – [1])

Noun

親(しん)父(ぷ) • (shinpu) 

1. (rare, dated) one's own father

Synonyms

• 実父(じっぷ) (jippu)

Related terms

• 親(しん)母(ぼ) (shinbo)

References

• “親^△父”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
親	父

Noun

親父

1. chữ Hán form of thân phụ (“father”)