先父

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	father
simp. and trad. (先父)		先	父

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānfù

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ fu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānfù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianfù
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-fu⁴
    • Yale: syān-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianfuh
    • Palladius: сяньфу (sjanʹfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ fu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ fu⁶
    • Yale: sīn fuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ fu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ fu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ fuː²²/

Noun

先父

1. (respectful, literary) one's deceased father; my late father; my dearly departed father

Synonyms

• (literary) 亡父 (wángfù)
• (literary) 先考 (xiānkǎo)
• (literary) 先人 (xiānrén)