"Heavenly Father" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
天父 tiān fù Heavenly Father
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) syn
gān (bound form) to have to do with / to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian gan1] / (archaic) shield syn
星球 xīng qiú celestial body (e.g. planet, satellite etc) / heavenly body 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
self / oneself / sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / sixth in order / letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / hexa syn
老子 lǎo zi father / daddy / "I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt) / I (used arrogantly or jocularly) 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
天皇 tiān huáng Heavenly Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns 三皇[san1 huang2] / emperor / emperor of Japan syn
天衣无缝 天衣無縫 tiān yī wú fèng lit. seamless heavenly clothes (idiom) / fig. flawless syn
大帝 dà dì heavenly emperor / "the Great" (title) syn
甲子 jiǎ zǐ first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1] and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]) / the sixty-year cycle
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
天马行空 天馬行空 tiān mǎ xíng kōng like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom) / (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative / unconstrained in style syn
天书 天書 tiān shū imperial edict / heavenly book (superstition) / obscure or illegible writing / double dutch
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
先父 xiān fù deceased father / my late father syn
仙乐 仙樂 xiān yuè heavenly music
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
天道 tiān dào natural law / heavenly law / weather (dialect) syn
天干 tiān gān the 10 heavenly stems 甲[jia3], 乙[yi3], 丙[bing3], 丁[ding1], 戊[wu4], 己[ji3], 庚[geng1], 辛[xin1], 壬[ren2], 癸[gui3], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
天池 tiān chí "heavenly lake", lake situated on a mountain / used as the name of numerous lakes, such as 長白山天池|长白山天池[Chang2 bai2 shan1 Tian1 chi2]
甲乙 jiǎ yǐ first two of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
南天门 南天門 nán tiān mén South Gate to Heaven, the name a gate constructed on various mountains, most notably on Mount Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] / (mythology) southern gate of the Heavenly Palace
天府 tiān fǔ Heavenly province (epithet of Sichuan, esp. area around Chengdu) / land of plenty syn
天朝 tiān cháo Celestial Empire, tributary title conferred on imperial China / Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
四大天王 sì dà tiān wáng the four heavenly kings (Sanskrit vajra) / the four guardians or warrior attendants of Buddha
湘军 湘軍 xiāng jūn Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion
太平天国 太平天國 tài píng tiān guó Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851-1864)
洞天 dòng tiān paradise / heavenly or beautiful place / fairyland
干支 gān zhī the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] and twelve earthly branches 十二枝 / sexagenary cycle
真武 zhēn wǔ Lord of profound heaven, major Daoist deity / aka Black Tortoise 玄武 or Black heavenly emperor 玄天上帝
丈人 zhàng rén wife's father (father-in-law) / old man syn
生辰八字 shēng chén bā zì one's birth data for astrological purposes, combined from year, month, day, hour, heavenly trunk and earthly branch
洪秀全 hóng xiù quán Hong Xiuquan or Hung Hsiu-ch'üan (1814-1864), leader of the Taiping rebellion or Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
岳丈 yuè zhàng father-in-law (wife's father) syn
xīng star / heavenly body / satellite / small amount syn
dīng male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1gan1] / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl syn
jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° syn
xīn (of taste) hot or pungent / hard / laborious / suffering / eighth in order / eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 285° / octa syn
second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / second in order / letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1]) / ethyl / bent / winding / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5) / ancient Chinese compass point: 105°
圣父 聖父 shèng fù Holy Father / God the Father (in the Christian Trinity)
bǐng third of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / third in order / letter "C" or Roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 165° / propyl syn
wēng elderly man / father / father-in-law / neck feathers of a bird (old) syn
曾祖母 zēng zǔ mǔ father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother syn
天花乱坠 天花亂墜 tiān huā luàn zhuì lit. a deluge of heavenly flowers (idiom) / fig. extravagant embellishments / hype syn
fifth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / fifth in order / letter "E" or Roman "V" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / penta
rén ninth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / ninth in order / letter "I" or Roman "IX" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 345° / nona
gēng age / seventh of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / seventh in order / letter "G" or Roman "VII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 255° / hepta syn
guǐ tenth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / tenth in order / letter "J" or Roman "X" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 15° / deca
爸爸 bà ba (coll.) father / dad / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] 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
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
姑妈 姑媽 gū mā (coll.) father's married sister / paternal aunt syn
justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship syn
外公 wài gōng (coll.) mother's father / maternal grandfather syn
父子 fù zǐ father and son syn
婶婶 嬸嬸 shěn shen wife of father's younger brother / aunt syn
大爷 大爺 dà ye (coll.) father's older brother / uncle / term of respect for older man 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
大娘 dà niáng (coll.) father's older brother's wife / aunt (polite address) 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
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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