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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

父亲 [fùqīn]
  1. 1. noun father

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

父亲 [fùqīn]
  1. 1. father;parent

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

父亲 [fùqīn]
  1. 1. 生养自己的男子。面称爸、爸爸。

Examples

他想到自己在父亲的有生之年没有对父亲好好照顾就愧痛不已。
He is agonized with shame when remembering that he did not take good care of his father in his final years. 愧痛
丽丽心情兀臬地注视着父亲, 等待着父亲的训斥。
Lily looks at her father restlessly, waiting to be approached. 杌陧
太老师(老师的父亲父亲的老师)。
父亲一生辛苦,奔走于外。
My father had a hard life going from place to place all the year round. 奔走
她很崇拜她父亲
She worships her father. 崇拜
父亲大人
Dear Father 大人
父亲再三叮嘱我们要谦虚谨慎。
Father urged us again and again to be modest and prudent. 叮嘱
父亲吩咐孩子好生照看小马驹。
The father told his son to take good care of the foal. 吩咐
父亲早就故去了。
His father passed away a long time ago. 故去
这孩子非常淘气,连他父亲都管不了他。
The child is very naughty and even his father cannot manage him. 管不了

Word Decomposition


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[qīn]

nciku Note

爸爸 vs. 父亲

两个词都指有子女的男子。前者口语化,后者较书面和正式。“爸爸”常用于称呼。
Both words mean "a male parent ". The former is colloquial and the latter is formal. 爸爸 is usually used as a form of address.

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