姑父
gū fu
Pinyin

Definition

姑父
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gū fu
  1. father's sister's husband
  2. husband of paternal aunt
  3. uncle

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

姑娘
gū niang
  1. 1 girl
  2. 2 young woman
  3. 3 young lady
  4. 4 daughter
  5. 5 paternal aunt (old)
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè]
父母
fù mǔ
  1. 1 father and mother
  2. 2 parents
父亲
fù qīn
  1. 1 father
  2. 2 also pr. [fù qin]
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
大姑
dà gū
  1. 1 father's oldest sister
  2. 2 husband's older sister
  3. 3 sister-in-law
姑
gū
  1. 1 paternal aunt
  2. 2 husband's sister
  3. 3 husband's mother (old)
  4. 4 nun
  5. 5 for the time being (literary)
姑姑
gū gu
  1. 1 paternal aunt
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
姑妈
gū mā
  1. 1 (coll.) father's married sister
  2. 2 paternal aunt
岳父
yuè fù
  1. 1 wife's father, father-in-law
师父
shī fu
  1. 1 used for 師傅|师傅 (in Taiwan)
  2. 2 master
  3. 3 qualified worker
灰姑娘
Huī gū niang
  1. 1 Cinderella
  2. 2 a sudden rags-to-riches celebrity
父
fù
  1. 1 father
父女
fù nu:3
  1. 1 father and daughter
父子
fù zǐ
  1. 1 father and son
父爱
fù ài
  1. 1 paternal love
神父
shén fu
  1. 1 Christian priest or clergyman
  2. 2 (spiritual) father
舅父
jiù fù
  1. 1 mother's brother
  2. 2 maternal uncle
养父
yǎng fù
  1. 1 foster father
  2. 2 adoptive father
三姑六婆
sān gū liù pó
  1. 1 women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
亚父
yà fù
  1. 1 (term of respect) second only to father
  2. 2 like a father (to me)
仙姑
xiān gū
  1. 1 female immortal
  2. 2 sorceress

Idioms (15)

一日为师，终身为父
yī rì wéi shī , zhōng shēn wéi fù
  1. 1 lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom)
三姑六婆
sān gū liù pó
  1. 1 women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
再生父母
zài shēng fù mǔ
  1. 1 like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor
在家靠父母，出外靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū wài kào péng you
  1. 1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
在家靠父母，出门靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū mén kào péng you
  1. 1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
姑息养奸
gū xī yǎng jiān
  1. 1 to tolerate is to nurture an evildoer (idiom); spare the rod and spoil the child
姑置勿论
gū zhì wù lùn
  1. 1 to put something aside for the time being (idiom)
妇姑勃溪
fù gū bó xī
  1. 1 dispute among womenfolk (idiom); family squabbles
有其父必有其子
yǒu qí fù bì yǒu qí zǐ
  1. 1 like father, like son (idiom)
欲取姑予
yù qǔ gū yǔ
  1. 1 variant of 欲取姑與|欲取姑与[yù qǔ gū yǔ]
  2. 2 to make concessions for the sake of future gains (idiom)
欲取姑与
yù qǔ gū yǔ
  1. 1 to make concessions for the sake of future gains (idiom)
无颜见江东父老
wú yán jiàn Jiāng dōng fù lǎo
  1. 1 (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)
父慈子孝
fù cí zǐ xiào
  1. 1 benevolent father, filial son (idiom)
  2. 2 natural love between parents and children
知子莫若父
zhī zǐ mò ruò fù
  1. 1 nobody understands one's son better than his father (idiom)
认贼作父
rèn zéi zuò fù
  1. 1 lit. to acknowledge the bandit as one's father (idiom); fig. a complete betrayal
  2. 2 to sell oneself to the enemy

Sample Sentences

姑姑的老公，是姑父。
gūgu de lǎogōng ，shì gūfù 。
Your father's sister's husband is "gu fu."
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