| 父 | 1074B05 80.82 | 部居  | 畫數 4 | ㄈㄨˋ [fu4] . [Cogn.爸，甫 10.42] | ||
| N. | (1) Father: 家父 my father; 繼父 stepfather; 義父 adopted father; 養父 foster father; 父慈子孝 the father is kind, and the son obedient; 嚴父慈母 severe father and kind mother (regular concept); therefore 嚴父 father; 父令難違，不敢不從 one should not disobey father's orders; 父債子還 it is the custom for a son to pay his (deceased) father's debts. (2) Part of address of relative of elder generation: 伯父，叔父 uncles; 舅父 mother's brother; 姑父 father’s sister's husband; 姨父 mother’s sister's husband; 祖父 grandfather. (3) Elderly person, used like Eng. “uncle”: 漁父 fisherman; 田父 farmer; 神父 Catholic father. | |||||
| Words | 1. 父輩 [fu4bei4], n., elder generation. 2. 父親 [fu4qin1], n., father, also used in direct address. 3. 父黨 [fu4dang3], n., relatives on father's side, of same clan name. 4. 父執 [fu4zhi2], n., friends of father's generation, see [fu4bei4]↑. 5. 父老 [fu4lao3], n., the elders (of a village). 6. 父母 [fu4mu3], n., parents; 父母官 local magistrate having direct jurisdiction over residents; 父母月兒 (運兒) years when the parents are responsible for all expenses. 7. 父兄 [fu4xiong1], n., the elders of a family. 8. 父王 [fu4wang2], n., my royal father, in direct or indirect address. | |||||