慈父

Chinese

		compassionate; gentle; merciful compassionate; gentle; merciful; kind; humane	father
simp. and trad. (慈父)		慈	父

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cífù

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˊ ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴ fu⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̀-fu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cífù
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˊ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíhfù
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ²-fu⁴
    • Yale: tsź-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyrfuh
    • Palladius: цыфу (cyfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵ fu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci⁴ fu⁶
    • Yale: chìh fuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴ fu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴ fu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹ fuː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̀-fu
    • Hakka Romanization System: ciiˇ fu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ci² fu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ¹¹ fu⁵⁵/

Noun

慈父

1. loving father; affectionate father

Proper noun

慈父

1. (Mainland China, Internet slang, sarcastic) Joseph Stalin

Japanese

Kanji in this term
慈	父
じ Grade: S	ふ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じ​ふ [jíꜜfù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑiɸɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

慈(じ)父(ふ) • (jifu) 

1. loving father; affectionate father
   • 1941, 豊島与志雄, アフリカのスタンレー‎^[1], 青空文庫:

     その慈(じ)父(ふ)のやうなやさしい慰(なぐさ)めと介(かい)抱(はう)とに対(たい)して、スタンレーは感(かん)謝(しや)の涙(なみだ)にくれました。

     Sono jifu no yō na yasashii nagusame to kaihō to ni taishite, Sutanrē wa kansha no namida ni kuremashita.

     Stanley was overcome with tears of gratitude for his tender consolation and nursing, which were like those of a loving father.

2. An affectionate way to refer to one's father: my dear father

Coordinate terms

• 慈(じ)母(ぼ) (jibo)