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

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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: 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) godfather; (nominally) adoptive father

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 乾爸 (“godfather; (nominally) adoptive father”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		乾爸, 乾爹, 義父
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	乾爸爸, 乾爹
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	乾爸
	Xi'an	乾爸
	Xuzhou	乾爺, 乾爹
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	乾爹
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	乾爹
	Liuzhou	乾爹, 契爺
Cantonese	Guangzhou	契爺
	Hong Kong	契爺
	Dongguan	契爺
Gan	Nanchang	乾爺
	Lichuan	契爺
Hakka	Meixian	契爺
Northern Min	Jian'ou	老爹
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	義郎爸
Southern Min	Xiamen	契爸
	Quanzhou	契爸
	Jinjiang	契爸
	Zhangzhou	契爸
	Manila (Hokkien)	契爸
	Jieyang	契爸
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	契爺
Wu	Suzhou	乾爺
	Hangzhou	乾爺
Xiang	Hengyang	乾爺

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): [ɡʲiɸɯ̟]

• 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)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
義	父

Noun

義父

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