教父

Chinese

		teach; teaching; religion	father
trad. (教父)		教	父
simp. #(教父)		教	父

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàofù

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau³ fu⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kàu-hǔ / kàu-hū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàofù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàofù
    • Wade–Giles: chiao⁴-fu⁴
    • Yale: jyàu-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiawfuh
    • Palladius: цзяофу (czjaofu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau³ fu⁶
    • Yale: gaau fuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau³ fu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao³ fu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³³ fuː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàu-hǔ
    • Tâi-lô: kàu-hǔ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hu²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàu-hū
    • Tâi-lô: kàu-hū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kao'hu
    • IPA (Taipei): /kau¹¹⁻⁵³ hu³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau²¹⁻⁴¹ hu³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kau²¹⁻⁵³ hu²²/

Noun

教父

1. (Christianity) godfather
2. (Christianity) Church Father

See also

• 教母 (jiàomǔ, “godmother”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
教	父
きょう Grade: 2	ふ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

教(きょう)父(ふ) • (kyōfu) 

1. godfather
2. church fathers

Synonyms

• (godfather): 代父(だいふ) (daifu)