大 dà big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) syn 礼拜 禮拜 lǐ bài to attend a religious service / (coll.) week / (coll.) Sunday syn 祖父 zǔ fù father's father / paternal grandfather syn 大叔 dà shū eldest of father's younger brothers / uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father) syn 姑妈 姑媽 gū mā (coll.) father's married sister / paternal aunt syn 一块 一塊 yī kuài a piece / a chunk / (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 這|这[zhe4]) aspect / area / dimension (Example: 情感這一塊|情感这一块[qing2gan3 zhe4 yi1kuai4] "the emotional aspect (of it)") / (coll.) one yuan / a dollar / together / in the same place / in company syn 外公 wài gōng (coll.) mother's father / maternal grandfather syn 老子 lǎo zi father / daddy / "I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt) / I (used arrogantly or jocularly) syn 奶子 nǎi zi (coll.) milk / (coll.) breast / booby / tit syn 大爷 大爺 dà ye (coll.) father's older brother / uncle / term of respect for older man syn 岳父 yuè fù wife's father, father-in-law syn 老奶奶 lǎo nǎi nai (coll.) father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother / respectful form of address for an old woman syn 曾祖父 zēng zǔ fù father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather syn 养父 養父 yǎng fù foster father / adoptive father syn 公公 gōng gong husband's father / father-in-law / grandpa / grandad / (old) form of address for a eunuch syn 老爷爷 老爺爺 lǎo yé ye (coll.) father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather syn 国父 國父 guó fù father or founder of a nation / Father of the Republic (Sun Yat-sen) 老公公 lǎo gōng gong old man / husband's father / father-in-law / court eunuch syn 大娘 dà niáng (coll.) father's older brother's wife / aunt (polite address) syn 先父 xiān fù deceased father / my late father syn 姑奶奶 gū nǎi nai paternal great-aunt (father's father's sister) / (respectful form of address for a married woman used by members of her parents' family) married daughter / (brassy self-reference used by a woman in an altercation) I / me / this lady here / (coll.) form of address for an unmarried girl or woman, expressing affection or reproach 末了 mò liǎo (coll.) final part / last bit / (coll.) in the end / finally syn 婶子 嬸子 shěn zi (coll.) father's younger brother's wife / aunt syn 滴管 dī guǎn intravenous drip tube / dropper / eyedropper / (coll.) pipette / (coll.) burette / drip-irrigation pipe (abbr. for 滴灌管[di1guan4guan3]) 大牛 dà niú (coll.) leading light / superstar / badass / (coll.) higher-priced model of Lamborghini 促狭 促狹 cù xiá (coll.) teasing / mischievous / (coll.) cunning / sly 丈人 zhàng rén wife's father (father-in-law) / old man syn 岳丈 yuè zhàng father-in-law (wife's father) syn 够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient) / enough (too much) / (coll.) (before adj.) really / (coll.) to reach by stretching out syn 雷 léi thunder / (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine / (coll.) to shock / to stun / to astound / (Tw) (coll.) spoiler / (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) syn 炸 zhà to burst / to explode / to blow up / to bomb / (coll.) to fly into a rage / (coll.) to scamper off / to scatter syn 熊 xióng bear / (coll.) to scold / to rebuke / (coll.) weak / incapable syn 逗 dòu to tease (playfully) / to entice / (coll.) to joke / (coll.) funny / amusing / to stay / to sojourn / brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 讀|读[dou4]) syn 罩 zhào to cover / to spread over / a cover / a shade / a hood / bamboo fish trap / bamboo chicken coop / (Tw) (coll.) to protect / to have sb's back / (Tw) (coll.) awesome / incredible / (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4de2zhu4]) to have things under control / to be able to handle it syn 损 損 sǔn to decrease / to lose / to damage / to harm / (coll.) to ridicule / to deride / (coll.) caustic / sarcastic / nasty / mean / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨ syn 圣父 聖父 shèng fù Holy Father / God the Father (in the Christian Trinity) 翁 wēng elderly man / father / father-in-law / neck feathers of a bird (old) syn 闸 閘 zhá sluice / sluice gate / to dam up water / (coll.) brake / (coll.) electric switch syn 曾祖母 zēng zǔ mǔ father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother syn 爪 zhuǎ (coll.) foot of an animal or bird / (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc syn 父亲 父親 fù qīn father / also pr. [fu4 qin5] / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 父母 fù mǔ father and mother / parents syn 身份 shēn fèn identity / aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc) / role / capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…的身份[yi3 xx5 de5 shen1 fen4]) / status (social, legal etc) / position / rank syn 叔叔 shū shu father's younger brother / uncle / Taiwan pr. [shu2 shu5] / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 神父 shén fu father (Catholic or Orthodox priest) syn 圣诞老人 聖誕老人 shèng dàn lǎo rén Father Christmas / Santa Claus 老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow / old man / father / husband syn 老爹 lǎo diē (dialect) father / old man / sir syn 祖母 zǔ mǔ father's mother / paternal grandmother syn 公 gōng public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) syn 义 義 yì justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship syn 父子 fù zǐ father and son syn 婶婶 嬸嬸 shěn shen wife of father's younger brother / aunt syn 生父 shēng fù biological father syn 富兰克林 富蘭克林 fù lán kè lín Franklin (name) / Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), US Founding Father, scientist and author 父女 fù nǚ father and daughter 大妈 大媽 dà mā father's elder brother's wife / aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) syn 伯母 bó mǔ wife of father's elder brother / aunt / (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 令尊 lìng zūn Your esteemed father (honorific) syn 伯父 bó fù father's elder brother / term of respect for older man / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 家父 jiā fù (polite) my father 叔父 shū fù father's younger brother / uncle syn 外祖父 wài zǔ fù maternal grandfather (i.e. mother's father) syn 堂兄弟 táng xiōng dì father's brother's sons / paternal male cousin 伯伯 bó bo father's elder brother / uncle syn 先人 xiān rén ancestor / forefather / sb's late father syn 大伯 dà bó husband's older brother / father's older brother (esp. his oldest brother) syn 姑父 gū fu father's sister's husband / husband of paternal aunt / uncle syn 弑父 弒父 shì fù patricide / to kill one's own father 姑婆 gū pó grandfather's sister / sister of a woman's father-in-law syn 阿爸 ā bà (dialect) father syn 阿爹 ā diē dad / father / (paternal) grandfather / old man syn 元勋 元勳 yuán xūn leading light / founding father / principal proponent syn 姑爷 姑爺 gū ye son-in-law (used by wife's family) / uncle (husband of father's sister) syn 义父 義父 yì fù adoptive father syn 贵贱 貴賤 guì jiàn noble and lowly / high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism 小姑 xiǎo gū father's youngest sister / husband's younger sister / sister-in-law syn 曾祖 zēng zǔ great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather) syn 姑母 gū mǔ father's sister / paternal aunt syn 老父 lǎo fù father / old man / venerable sir syn 鲁班 魯班 lǔ bān Lu Ban, legendary master craftsman, called the father of Chinese carpentry 父兄 fù xiōng father and elder brother(s) / head of the family / patriarch syn 表叔 biǎo shū son of grandfather's sister / son of grandmother's brother or sister / father's younger male cousin / (Hong Kong slang) mainlander syn 二老 èr lǎo mother and father / parents syn 太公 tài gōng great-grandfather / (old) grandfather / father syn 叔公 shū gōng great uncle / grandfather's younger brother / husband's father's younger brother syn 阿妈 阿媽 ā mā grandma (paternal) (Tw) / (dialect) mother / nurse / amah / (Manchu) father syn 司马迁 司馬遷 sī mǎ qiān Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], known as the father of Chinese historiography 大姑 dà gū father's oldest sister / husband's older sister / sister-in-law syn 太上皇 tài shàng huáng Taishang Huang / Retired Emperor / father of the reigning emperor / fig. puppet master 老爸 lǎo bà father / dad 老爷子 老爺子 lǎo yé zi my (your etc) old father / polite appellation for an elderly male syn 所生 suǒ shēng parents (father and mother) 老儿 老兒 lǎo ér father / husband / old man 吕不韦 呂不韋 lǚ bù wéi Lü Buwei (?291-235 BC), merchant and politician of the State of Qin 秦國|秦国[Qin2 guo2], subsequent Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qin2 dai4] Chancellor, allegedly the father of Ying Zheng 嬴政[Ying2 Zheng4], who subsequently became the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2] 太爷 太爺 tài yé (respectful for) one's grandfather / sb's father / older people / the head of the house (used by servants) / a district magistrate syn 父亲节 父親節 fù qīn jié Father's Day 异母 異母 yì mǔ (of siblings) having the same father but different mothers 老太爷 老太爺 lǎo tài yé elderly gentleman (respectful) / esteemed father syn 