岳父

岳父

Chinese

		mountain; wife's father	father
simp. and trad. (岳父)		岳	父

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yuèfù

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄈㄨˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): вэфу (vefu, III-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngok⁶ fu^6-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngo̍k-fu
• Min Nan (POJ): ga̍k-hǔ / ga̍k-hū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yuèfù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehfuh
    • IPA ^(key): /y̯œ⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: вэфу (vefu, III-I)
    • IPA ^(key): /vɛː⁴⁴ fʊ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngok⁶ fu^6-2
    • Yale: ngohk fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngok⁹ fu^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngog⁶ fu²
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːk̚² fuː²²⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngo̍k-fu
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngog fu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngog⁶ fu⁴
    • IPA: /ŋok̚⁵ fu⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ga̍k-hǔ
    • Tâi-lô: ga̍k-hǔ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /gak̚²⁴⁻²² hu²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ga̍k-hū
    • Tâi-lô: ga̍k-hū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gaghu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /gak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hu²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /gak̚⁴⁻³² hu³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /gak̚⁴⁻³² hu²²/

Noun

岳父

1. father-in-law (wife's father)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 岳父 (“father-in-law (wife's father)”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		岳父, 岳丈
Mandarin	Beijing	老丈人, 丈人
	Taiwan	岳父
	Harbin	老丈人
	Hailar	老丈人
	Ulanhot	老丈人
	Tongliao	老丈人
	Chifeng	老丈人
	Bayanhot	外父
	Jinan	丈人, 老丈人, 岳父
	Muping	丈爺, 丈人
	Luoyang	丈人
	Wanrong	丈人
	Xi'an	丈人爸, 丈人
	Zhengzhou	老丈人, 丈人
	Xining	丈人
	Xuzhou	老丈人, 老丈母爹, 丈母爹, 老岳頭兒, 老岳
	Yinchuan	外父
	Lanzhou	丈人爸
	Ürümqi	外父, 老丈人
	Wuhan	親爺, 老親爺, 丈人
	Huanggang	妻爺
	Chengdu	老丈人, 岳父
	Guiyang	老丈人, 親爺
	Liuzhou	丈人老, 岳父老
	Kunming	老丈人
	Yangzhou	丈人
	Nanjing	丈人, 老丈人
	Hefei	老丈人, 丈人
	Nantong	丈人
Cantonese	Guangzhou	外父, 丈人佬, 老外, 岳父, 岳丈
	Hong Kong	外父, 岳父
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	外父, 岳父, 主人公
	Foshan	外父
	Shunde	外父
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	外父佬
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	外父
	Taishan	外父
	Kaiping (Chikan)	外父
	Dongguan	丈人佬
	Shaoguan	外父, 外父佬
	Yunfu	外父佬
	Yangjiang	外老
	Xinyi	外父佬
	Lianjiang	外父佬
	Kuala Lumpur	岳父, 外父
Gan	Nanchang	丈人, 丈人老子
	Lichuan	丈兒公
	Pingxiang	丈姨爺
Hakka	Meixian	丈人老, 岳父
	Xingning	丈老
	Huidong (Daling)	丈人老
	Qujiang	丈人老
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	丈人老
	Changting	丈門老
	Pingyu	丈人老
	Wuping	丈人老
	Liancheng	丈母爺
	Ninghua	丈人
	Yudu	丈人, 丈人老
	Ruijin	丈人, 丈人爹
	Shicheng	丈人爹
	Shangyou	丈人老
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	丈人老, 岳父
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	丈人老, 岳父
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	丈人老, 岳父
	Dongshi (Dabu)	丈人老, 岳父
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	丈人老, 岳父
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	丈㜷老
	Hong Kong	丈人老
	Sabah	丈人老
	Senai	丈人老
	Singkawang	丈人老
Huizhou	Jixi	丈人, 丈人老
Jin	Taiyuan	老丈人, 丈人
	Xinzhou	丈人, 老丈人, 外父
	Baochang	老丈人
	Jining	外父
	Hohhot	外父
	Baotou	外父
	Dongsheng	外父
	Linhe	外父
	Haibowan	外父
Min Bei	Jian'ou	丈人
Min Dong	Fuzhou	丈儂
	Changle	丈儂
	Fuqing	丈儂
	Yongtai	丈儂
	Gutian	丈儂
	Fu'an	丈儂
	Ningde	丈儂
	Shouning	丈儂
	Zhouning	丈儂
	Fuding	丈面老
Min Nan	Xiamen	丈儂, 丈儂公
	Quanzhou	丈儂, 丈儂公
	Zhangzhou	丈儂, 丈儂公
	Taipei	丈儂
	Kaohsiung	丈儂
	Tainan	丈儂, 丈儂爸
	Taichung	丈儂
	Wuqi	丈儂
	Hsinchu	丈儂
	Taitung	丈儂
	Lukang	丈儂
	Yilan	丈儂, 丈儂仔
	Magong	丈儂
	Penang	丈儂
	Singapore	丈儂
	Philippines (Manila)	丈儂
	Chaozhou	丈儂
	Shantou	丈儂
	Haifeng	丈儂
	Johor Bahru	丈儂
	Wenchang	外家爸
	Haikou	外家爸
	Leizhou	外家公, 外家公爸
Puxian Min	Putian	丈儂
	Xianyou	丈儂, 丈儂公
Pinghua	Nanning	外父老, 岳父
Wu	Shanghai	丈人, 丈人阿伯, 丈人老頭
	Suzhou	丈人
	Hangzhou	丈人老頭兒
	Wenzhou	丈人老, 丈老, 丈人
	Chongming	丈人
	Danyang	老丈人, 丈人
	Jinhua	丈人
	Ningbo	丈人老頭, 丈人阿伯, 丈人
Xiang	Changsha	岳老子, 丈人老子
	Shuangfeng	丈人家, 丈老子, 乾爺
	Loudi	丈人公

See also

• 岳母 (yuèmǔ)
• 丈母娘 (zhàngmuniáng)
• 丈母 (zhàngmǔ)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
岳	父
がく Grade: S	ふ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

岳父 (hiragana がくふ, rōmaji gakufu)

1. one's wife's father: a man's father-in-law