先父

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	father
simp. and trad. (先父)		先	父

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiānfù

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄈㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ fu⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiānfù
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄈㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sianfù
  - Wade–Giles: hsien¹-fu⁴
  - Yale: syān-fù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianfuh
  - Palladius: сяньфу (sjanʹfu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ fu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sin¹ fu⁶
  - Yale: sīn fuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ fu⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ fu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ fuː²²/

Noun

先父

(respectful, literary) one's deceased father; my late father; my dearly departed father

Synonyms

(literary) 亡父 (wángfù)
(literary) 先考 (xiānkǎo)
(literary) 先人 (xiānrén)

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