師父

師父

See also: 师父

Chinese

		a division (milit.); teacher; master a division (milit.); teacher; master; expert; model	father
trad. (師父)		師	父
simp. (师父)		师	父

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): shīfu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ˙ㄈㄨ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): сыфу (sɨfu, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ fu^6-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̂-fu
• Min Nan (POJ): su-hū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: shīfu
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ˙ㄈㄨ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shy.fu
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ fu²/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 師傅／师傅 師父／师父

  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: сыфу (sɨfu, I-I)
    • IPA ^(key): /sɨː²⁴ fʊ²⁴/

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

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: si¹ fu^6-2
    • Yale: sī fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ fu^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ fu²
    • IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ fuː²²⁻³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 師傅／师傅 師父／师父 獅虎／狮虎

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̂-fu
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii´ fu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si¹ fu⁴
    • IPA: /sɨ²⁴⁻¹¹ fu⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-hū
    • Tâi-lô: su-hū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: su'hu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴⁻²² hu²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /su³³ hu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² hu²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ hu³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ hu³³/

Noun

師父

1. master; master worker
2. term of address for a monk or a nun, especially Tang Seng

See also

• 師傅／师傅 (shīfu)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
師	父
し Grade: 5	ふ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ɕiɸɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

師父 (hiragana しふ, rōmaji shifu)

1. teacher and father
2. (honorific) teacher, master

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Korean

Hanja in this term
師	父

Noun

師父 • (sabu) (hangeul 사부)

1. Hanja form^? of 사부 (“master”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
師	父

Noun

師父

1. Hán tự form of sư phụ (“master”).