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-hǔ / gī-hū

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: 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

(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)

a father by moral principles
a stepfather
an adoptive father
a father-in-law (one's spouse's father)

Related terms

See also

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