父子

Chinese

		father	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (父子)		父	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fùzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁶ zi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fu-chṳ́
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hū-chú / hǔ-chír

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fùzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fùzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: fu⁴-tzŭ³
    • Yale: fù-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuhtzyy
    • Palladius: фуцзы (fuczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 付梓 父子 附子

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fu⁶ zi²
    • Yale: fuh jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁶ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu⁶ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː²² t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 父子 附子

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fu-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: fu zii^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fu⁴ zi³
    • Sinological IPA: /fu⁵⁵ t͡sɨ³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hū-chú
    • Tâi-lô: hū-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huxzuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /hu³³⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hu²²⁻²¹ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu³³⁻²¹ t͡su⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǔ-chír
    • Tâi-lô: hǔ-tsír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hu²² t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: bjuX tsiX

Rime
Character	父	子
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	扶雨切	即里切
Baxter	bjuX	tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨoX/	/t͡sɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/bioX/	/t͡sɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/bioX/	/t͡sieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buə̆X/	/t͡sɨX/
Li Rong	/bioX/	/t͡siəX/
Wang Li	/bĭuX/	/t͡sĭəX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯uX/	/t͡siX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fù	zǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fu6	zi2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[N-p](r)aʔ  tsəʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*baʔ  ʔslɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	父	子
Reading #	2/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fù	zǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ bjuX ›	‹ tsiX ›
Old Chinese	/*[N-p](r)aʔ/	/*tsəʔ/
English	father	child; gentleman, master
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	父	子
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	3504	17857
Phonetic component	父	子
Rime group	魚	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	父	子
Old Chinese	/*baʔ/	/*ʔslɯʔ/

Noun

父子

1. father and son
2. (literary) uncle (father's younger brother) and nephew

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 父子 (“father and son(s); father and child(ren)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		父子
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		父子, 父子倆
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	爺兒倆
	Taiwan	父子, 父子倆
	Harbin	爺兒倆
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	爺兒倆兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	爺兒倆
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	父子倆
	Xi'an	爺兒倆
	Xining	爺兒兩個
	Xuzhou	爺倆, 爺倆兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	爺倆
	Lanzhou	爺父, 爺父兩個, 爺父們
	Ürümqi	爺父倆兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	兩爺子
	Wuhan	爺兩個
	Guiyang	兩爺崽
	Liuzhou	兩爺崽, 兩子爺
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	爺兒兩個
	Yangzhou	父子兩個
	Nantong	爺兒兩個
Cantonese	Guangzhou	仔爺, 兩仔爺
	Hong Kong	仔爺, 兩仔爺, 父子, 兩父子
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	兩仔爺
	Macau	兩仔爺
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	兩仔爺
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	兩仔爺
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	兩仔爺
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	兩仔爺
	Foshan	兩仔爺
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	兩仔爺
	Foshan (Shunde)	兩仔爺
	Foshan (Sanshui)	兩仔爺
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	兩仔爺
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	兩仔爺
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	兩仔爺
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	兩仔爺
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	兩仔爺
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	兩仔爺
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	兩仔爺
	Taishan	兩仔爺
	Kaiping (Chikan)	兩仔爺
	Enping (Niujiang)	兩仔爺
	Heshan (Yayao)	兩仔爺
	Dongguan	兩仔爺
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	兩仔爺
	Nanning	兩仔爺
	Wuzhou	兩仔爺
	Yulin	兩父子
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	兩父子
Gan	Lichuan	爺崽
	Pingxiang	兩爺崽
Hakka	Meixian	子爺, 兩子爺, 兩子阿爸
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	仔爺, 兩仔爺
	Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua)	仔爺
	Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua)	仔爺
	Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)	仔爺
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	兩子爺
	Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua)	仔爺
	Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua)	仔爺
	Boluo (Bendihua)	仔爺
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	兩子爺
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	兩子爺
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	仔爺, 兩仔爺
	Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua)	仔爺
	Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)	仔爺
	Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua)	仔爺
	Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)	仔爺, 兩仔爺
	Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua)	仔爺
	Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)	仔爺
	Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua)	仔爺
	Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua)	仔爺
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	兩子爺
	Jiexi	兩子爺
	Yudu	爺子兩, 兩爺子, 兩子爺
	Shicheng	兩爺子
	Shangyou (Shexi)	兩子爺
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	子爺, 兩子爺, 兩子阿爸
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	子爺, 兩子爺, 兩子阿爸
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	子爺, 兩子爺, 兩子阿爸
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	子爺, 兩子爺, 兩子阿爸
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	子爺, 兩子爺, 兩子阿爸
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	子爺, 兩子爺
Huizhou	Jixi	爺兒, 兩爺兒
Jin	Taiyuan	爺倆
	Xinzhou	父子兩個
Northern Min	Jian'ou	兩囝爹
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	郎爸囝, 郎爸囝兩隻
Southern Min	Xiamen	爸仔囝, 爸囝
	Quanzhou	爸仔囝, 爸囝
	Zhangzhou	爸仔囝, 爸囝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	爸仔囝
	Leizhou	兩爸囝
	Haikou	爸囝, 爸囝兩儂
Puxian Min	Putian	郎爸囝
	Xianyou	郎爸囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	兩父子
Wu	Shanghai	爺兩家頭, 爺兩個
	Shanghai (Chongming)	爺兒父子, 爺兒兩個
	Suzhou	爺兒子兩家頭
	Danyang	父子兩個
	Hangzhou	爹同兒子
	Ningbo	兩爹
	Wenzhou	爺兒, 兩爺兒
	Jinhua	爺兒兩個
Xiang	Changsha	兩爺崽

Derived terms

• 父子兵
• 父子同牝
• 父子天性
• 父子騎驢 / 父子骑驴 (fùzǐqílǘ)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (父子):

• → Japanese: 父(ふ)子(し) (fushi)
• → Korean: 부자(父子) (buja)
• → Vietnamese: phụ tử (父子)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
父	子
ふ Grade: 2	し Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふし [fúꜜshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ɕi]

Noun

父(ふ)子(し) • (fushi) 

1. father and child
2. father and son

   父子(ふし)家庭(かてい)

   fushi katei

   father-son family

See also

• 母子(ぼし) (boshi)

Korean

Hanja in this term
父	子

Noun

父子 • (buja) (hangeul 부자)

1. hanja form^? of 부자 (“father and son”)