Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 父

father

father's younger brother
(sometimes used to refer to Confucius)

father's sister's husband; husband of paternal aunt; uncle

father and elder brother(s)
head of the family
patriarch

father and mother; parents

Holy Father
God the Father (in the Christian Trinity)

biological father

paternal line
patrilineal

stepfather

father
old man
venerable sir

father's younger brother
uncle

deceased father
my late father

father
also pr. (fùqin)
CL:個／个 (gè)

paternal uncle

adoptive father

(term of respect) second only to father
like a father (to me)

foster father

patricide
to kill one's own father

father or founder of a nation
Father of the Republic (Sun Yat-sen)

husband of mother's sister
uncle

elders

with different father (e.g. of half-brother)

uncle (father's youngest brother)

(polite) my father

to be orphaned of one's father

Heavenly Father

wife's father, father-in-law

(literary) father's friends (of the same generation)

father and son

strict or stern father

godfather

father (as a social role)

paternal love

father's father
paternal grandfather

foster father
adoptive father

father's elder brother
term of respect for older man
CL:個／个 (gè)

people of one's parents' generation

father (Catholic or Orthodox priest)

stepfather

the death of one's father

parent (computing)

used for 師傅／师傅 (in Taiwan)
master
qualified worker

mother's brother
maternal uncle

father and daughter

step-parents

person of one's father's generation

maternal grandfather (i.e. mother's father)

paternal grandparents

biological parents
natural parents

great-great-grandfather

Father's Day

Xu Qinfu (1891-1953), journalist and writer

patriarchy

people of one's grandparents' generation

adoptive parents

father's father's father
paternal great-grandfather

parents

Huang Fugui, ghost of legends who provided Liu Juanzi with his magical recipes 劉涓子鬼遺方／刘涓子鬼遗方

Abba (Aramaic word father)
by ext. God the Father in Christian gospel

rènzéizuòfù

lit. to acknowledge the bandit as one's father (idiom); fig. a complete betrayal
to sell oneself to the enemy

benevolent father, filial son (idiom)
natural love between parents and children

(of siblings) having the same mother but different fathers
half (brother or sister)

zhàdànzhīfù

Aviation Thermobaric Bomb of Increased Power (ATBIP), or Father of All Bombs, a powerful Russian bomb

liànfùqíngjié

Electra complex

the people one depends upon for one's livelihood
one's bread and butter

great-grandparents

(of siblings) having the same father but different mothers
half (brother or sister)

yīn Fùzhī Míng

in the Name of the Father (in Christian worship)

see 父慈子孝 (fùcízǐxiào)

father's father's brother
great uncle

in place of sb's parents
in loco parentis (law)

zàishēngfùmǔ

like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor

fùmǔshuāngwáng

to have lost both one's parents

zēngwàizǔfù

great-grandfather (mother's grandfather)

hǔfùwúquǎnzǐ

虎父无犬子

[虎父無犬子]

lit. father a lion, son cannot be a dog (honorific); With a distinguished father such as you, the son is sure to do well.
like father, like son

zhīzǐmòruòfù

知子莫若父

[知子莫若父]

nobody understands one's son better than his father (idiom)

wúyánjiàn Jiāngdōngfùlǎo

无颜见江东父老

[無顏見江東父老]

(idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 項羽／项羽 ( Xiàng Yǔ), who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)

yǒuqífùbìyǒuqízǐ

有其父必有其子

[有其父必有其子]

like father, like son (idiom)

yīrìwéishī,zhōngshēnwéifù

一日为师，终身为父

[一日為師，終身為父]

lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom)

shīfulǐngjìnmén,xiūxíngzàigèrén

师父领进门，修行在个人

[師父領進門，修行在個人]

the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you
you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink

zàijiākàofùmǔ,chūménkàopéngyou

在家靠父母，出门靠朋友

[在家靠父母，出門靠朋友]

one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)

zàijiākàofùmǔ,chūwàikàopéngyou

在家靠父母，出外靠朋友

[在家靠父母，出外靠朋友]

one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)