養父

See also: 养父

Chinese

		give birth; keep (pets); to support give birth; keep (pets); to support; to bring someone up; to raise (pig, etc.)	father
trad. (養父)		養	父
simp. (养父)		养	父

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎngfù

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˇ ㄈㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁵ fu⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yông-fu
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ióng-hū / iáng-hū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǎngfù
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˇ ㄈㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎngfù
  - Wade–Giles: yang³-fu⁴
  - Yale: yǎng-fù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeangfuh
  - Palladius: янфу (janfu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
  - Jyutping: joeng⁵ fu⁶
  - Yale: yéuhng fuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁵ fu⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁵ fu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ¹³ fuː²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yông-fu
  - Hakka Romanization System: iong^ˊ fu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yong¹ fu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯oŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ fu⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yông-fu
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iong^ˊ fu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yong¹ fu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯oŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ fu⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ióng-hū
  - Tâi-lô: ióng-hū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iofnghu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hu³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iáng-hū
  - Tâi-lô: iáng-hū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iafnghu

Noun

養父

adoptive father (man who has adopted a child)

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 養爸／养爸
(Chongming Wu) 領爺／领爷

Coordinate terms

養母／养母 (yǎngmǔ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (養父):

→ Japanese: 養父(ようふ) (yōfu)
→ Korean: 양부(養父) (yangbu)
→ Vietnamese: dưỡng phụ (養父)

Proper noun

養父

(～市) Yabu (a city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 養父 – see 養爸 (“adoptive father”). (This term is the simplified form of 養爸).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
養	父
よう Grade: 4	ふ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

養(よう)父(ふ) • (yōfu)

adoptive father (man who has adopted a child)

Korean

Hanja in this term
養	父

Noun

養父 • (yangbu) (hangeul 양부)

hanja form^? of 양부 (“adoptive father (man who has adopted a child)”)