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 (POJ): gī-hū / gī-hǔ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yìfù
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄈㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihfuh
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yìfù
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁶ fu⁶
  - Yale: yih fuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ fu⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ fu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² fuː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gī-hū
  - Tâi-lô: gī-hū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gixhu
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /gi²²⁻²¹ hu²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /gi³³⁻²¹ hu³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /gi³³⁻¹¹ hu³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gī-hǔ
  - Tâi-lô: gī-hǔ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /gi⁴¹⁻²² hu²²/

Noun

義父

(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 (ぎ)父 (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 (“a father by moral principles”)

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) ぎふ [gíꜜfù] (Atamadaka – [1])
- IPA^(key): [ɡʲiɸɯ̟ᵝ]
Homophones: 妓夫, 蟻付

Noun

義父 (hiragana ぎふ, rōmaji gifu)

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

See also

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