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教父

教父

Chinese

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

Noun

教父

godfather

See also

教母 (jiàomǔ, “godmother”)
乾爹／干爹 (gāndiē, “godfather”)
乾媽／干妈 (gānmā, “godmother”)
乾娘／干娘 (gānniáng, “godmother”)

Japanese

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

Noun

教父 ‎(hiragana きょうふ, romaji kyōfu)

Synonyms

(godfather): 代父 (だいふ) ‎(daifu)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): jiàofù

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄈㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau³ fu⁶
Min Nan (POJ): kàu-hū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiàofù
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄈㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiawfuh
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaau³ fu⁶
  - Yale: gaau fuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaau³ fu⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /kɑːu̯³³ fuː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàu-hū
  - Tâi-lô: kàu-hū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kao'hu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ hu²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kaʊ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ hu²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kaʊ¹¹⁻⁵³ hu³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaʊ²¹⁻⁴¹ hu³³/