教父

教父

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàofù

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau³ fu⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): kàu-hǔ / kàu-hū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • 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
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao³ fu⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /käːu̯³³ fuː²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàu-hǔ
    • Tâi-lô: kàu-hǔ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kaʊ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hu²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàu-hū
    • Tâi-lô: kàu-hū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kao'hu
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ hu²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaʊ²¹⁻⁴¹ hu³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kaʊ¹¹⁻⁵³ hu³³/

Noun

教父

1. godfather
2. (Christianity) Church Father

See also

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

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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, rōmaji kyōfu)

1. godfather
2. church fathers

Synonyms

• (godfather): 代父 (だいふ) (daifu)