大父

大父

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	father
simp. and trad. (大父)		大	父

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàfù

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄈㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàfù
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàfù
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-fu⁴
    • Yale: dà-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahfuh
    • Palladius: дафу (dafu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹/

Noun

大父

1. (literary) paternal grandfather (one's father's father)
2. (literary) maternal grandfather (one's mother's father)

Synonyms

• (paternal grandfather): (literary) 祖父 (zǔfù)
• (maternal grandfather): (literary) 外祖父 (wàizǔfù)