虎父无犬子 虎父無犬子 hǔ fù wú quǎn zǐ lit. father a lion, son cannot be a dog (honorific) / With a distinguished father such as you, the son is sure to do well. / like father, like son 老子英雄儿好汉，老子反动儿混蛋 老子英雄兒好漢，老子反動兒混蛋 lǎo zi yīng xióng ér hǎo hàn , lǎo zi fǎn dòng ér hún dàn If the father is a hero, the son is a real man. If the father is a reactionary, the son is a bastard. (Cultural Revolution slogan) / fig. like father, like son 老子 lǎo zi father / daddy / "I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt) / I (used arrogantly or jocularly) 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 公公 gōng gong husband's father / father-in-law / grandpa / grandad / (old) form of address for a eunuch syn 祖父 zǔ fù father's father / paternal grandfather syn 岳父 yuè fù wife's father, father-in-law syn 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 老奶奶 lǎo nǎi nai (coll.) father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother / respectful form of address for an old woman 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 养父 養父 yǎng fù foster father / adoptive father 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 丈人 zhàng rén wife's father (father-in-law) / old man syn 先父 xiān fù deceased father / my late father syn 岳丈 yuè zhàng father-in-law (wife's father) syn 曾祖母 zēng zǔ mǔ father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother syn 翁 wēng elderly man / father / father-in-law / neck feathers of a bird (old) syn 伯叔祖父 bó shū zǔ fù father's father's brother / great uncle 伯叔祖母 bó shū zǔ mǔ father's father's brother's wife / great aunt 祖姑母 zǔ gū mǔ father's father's sister / great aunt 亚父 亞父 yà fù (term of respect) second only to father / like a father (to me) 圣父 聖父 shèng fù Holy Father / God the Father (in the Christian Trinity) 阿爸父 ā bà fù Abba (Aramaic word father) / by ext. God the Father in Christian gospel 亲爸 親爸 qīn bà one's own father / biological father 家公 jiā gōng head of a family / (polite) my father / (polite) my grandfather / your esteemed father 翁婿 wēng xù father-in-law (wife's father) and son-in-law 老丈人 lǎo zhàng ren (coll.) father-in-law (wife's father) syn 外舅 wài jiù (literary) father-in-law / wife's father 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 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 爸爸 bà ba (coll.) father / dad / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow / old man / father / husband syn 叔叔 shū shu father's younger brother / uncle / Taiwan pr. [shu2 shu5] / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 老爸 lǎo bà father / dad 父子 fù zǐ father and son syn 大爷 大爺 dà ye (coll.) father's older brother / uncle / term of respect for older man syn 老爹 lǎo diē (dialect) father / old man / sir syn 老爷子 老爺子 lǎo yé zi my (your etc) old father / polite appellation for an elderly male syn 伯伯 bó bo father's elder brother / uncle syn 外公 wài gōng (coll.) mother's father / maternal grandfather syn 神父 shén fu father (Catholic or Orthodox priest) syn 大妈 大媽 dà mā father's elder brother's wife / aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) syn 伯父 bó fù father's elder brother / term of respect for older man / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 大娘 dà niáng (coll.) father's older brother's wife / aunt (polite address) syn 所生 suǒ shēng parents (father and mother) 祖母 zǔ mǔ father's mother / paternal grandmother syn 父女 fù nǚ father and daughter 圣诞老人 聖誕老人 shèng dàn lǎo rén Father Christmas / Santa Claus 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 先人 xiān rén ancestor / forefather / sb's late father syn 老儿 老兒 lǎo ér father / husband / old man 义父 義父 yì fù adoptive father syn 家父 jiā fù (polite) my father 大伯 dà bó husband's older brother / father's older brother (esp. his oldest brother) syn 叔父 shū fù father's younger brother / uncle syn 二老 èr lǎo mother and father / parents syn 姑妈 姑媽 gū mā (coll.) father's married sister / paternal aunt syn 阿妈 阿媽 ā mā grandma (paternal) (Tw) / (dialect) mother / nurse / amah / (Manchu) father syn 老父 lǎo fù father / old man / venerable sir syn 婶婶 嬸嬸 shěn shen wife of father's younger brother / aunt 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 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 令尊 lìng zūn Your esteemed father (honorific) syn 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 生父 shēng fù biological father syn 父亲节 父親節 fù qīn jié Father's Day 鲁班 魯班 lǔ bān Lu Ban, legendary master craftsman, called the father of Chinese carpentry 异母 異母 yì mǔ (of siblings) having the same father but different mothers 富兰克林 富蘭克林 fù lán kè lín Franklin (name) / Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), US Founding Father, scientist and author 老太爷 老太爺 lǎo tài yé elderly gentleman (respectful) / esteemed father syn 小姑 xiǎo gū father's youngest sister / husband's younger sister / sister-in-law syn 姑婆 gū pó grandfather's sister / sister of a woman's father-in-law syn 阿爸 ā bà (dialect) father syn 姑爷 姑爺 gū ye son-in-law (used by wife's family) / uncle (husband of father's sister) syn 父兄 fù xiōng father and elder brother(s) / head of the family / patriarch syn 太公 tài gōng great-grandfather / (old) grandfather / father syn 姑父 gū fu father's sister's husband / husband of paternal aunt / uncle syn 阿公 ā gōng (old) grandfather / polite address for an elderly man, or a woman's father-in-law / (Taiwanese) grandfather 大姑 dà gū father's oldest sister / husband's older sister / sister-in-law 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 姨娘 yí niáng maternal aunt / father's concubine (old) syn 外祖父 wài zǔ fù maternal grandfather (i.e. mother's father) syn 太上皇 tài shàng huáng Taishang Huang / Retired Emperor / father of the reigning emperor / fig. puppet master 姑母 gū mǔ father's sister / paternal aunt syn 叔公 shū gōng great uncle / grandfather's younger brother / husband's father's younger brother syn 丧父 喪父 sàng fù to be orphaned of one's father 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 元勋 元勳 yuán xūn leading light / founding father / principal proponent syn 李光耀 lǐ guāng yào Lee Kuan Yew (1923-2015), founding father of modern Singapore, prime minister 1959-1990 阿爹 ā diē dad / father / (paternal) grandfather / old man syn 义 義 yì justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship syn 曾祖 zēng zǔ great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather) syn 堂兄弟 táng xiōng dì father's brother's sons / paternal male cousin 世伯 shì bó uncle (affectionate name for a friend older than one's father) / old friend 异父 異父 yì fù with different father (e.g. of half-brother) 