姨父
yí fu
Pinyin

Definition

姨父
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yí fu
  1. husband of mother's sister
  2. uncle

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

fù mǔ
  1. 1 father and mother
  2. 2 parents
fù qīn
  1. 1 father
  2. 2 also pr. [fù qin]
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
ā yí
  1. 1 maternal aunt
  2. 2 step-mother
  3. 3 childcare worker
  4. 4 nursemaid
  5. 5 woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child)
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè]
dà yí
  1. 1 (coll.) wife's elder sister
  2. 2 sister-in-law
dà yí mā
  1. 1 great aunt
  2. 2 (slang) menstruation
  3. 3 period
yí fu
  1. 1 mother's sister's husband
  2. 2 husband of mother's sister
yí mā
  1. 1 (coll.) mother's sister
  2. 2 maternal aunt
xiǎo yí
  1. 1 (coll.) wife's younger sister
  2. 2 sister-in-law
yuè fù
  1. 1 wife's father, father-in-law
shī fu
  1. 1 used for 師傅|师傅 (in Taiwan)
  2. 2 master
  3. 3 qualified worker
  1. 1 father
fù nu:3
  1. 1 father and daughter
fù zǐ
  1. 1 father and son
fù ài
  1. 1 paternal love
shén fu
  1. 1 Christian priest or clergyman
  2. 2 (spiritual) father
jiù fù
  1. 1 mother's brother
  2. 2 maternal uncle
yǎng fù
  1. 1 foster father
  2. 2 adoptive father
yà fù
  1. 1 (term of respect) second only to father
  2. 2 like a father (to me)
bó fù
  1. 1 father's elder brother
  2. 2 term of respect for older man
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
xiān fù
  1. 1 deceased father
  2. 2 my late father

Idioms (9)

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)
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)
有其父必有其子
yǒu qí fù bì yǒu qí zǐ
  1. 1 like father, like son (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

阿姨的老公,叫姨父。
āyí de lǎogōng ,jiào yífù 。
We call our mother's sister's husband "yi fu."
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