FATHER    父親父

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Old Chinese Criteria
1. The completely dominant word is fù 父 2. Kǎo 考 refers to the deceased father, but can also come to refer to a living father in SHU. 3. Wēng 翁 "old man" is occasionally used, from Han times onwards, to refer periphrastically to one's aged father. 4. Xiān jūn 先君 is standardly used by a ruler for his deceased father.
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 HUMAN AFFAIRS 6. 父親。 父，通稱。 公，尊稱，從年老而稱。 君，尊稱，從父親位高權重而稱。 考，先秦時可稱生父，漢時專指亡父。 皇，皇考，亡父祭名的尊稱。 禰，指亡父神主入廟後對父親的稱呼。 阿爹，東漢時期出現，為己父的俗稱。 yán 嚴, 尊侯，尊君，尊公，令嚴，椿，椿庭，先君浶 F 10.3.10: deceased father �
Modern Chinese Criteria
父 is literary. 父親 is the standard word. 老爸 is a familiar and perhaps slightly over-familiar and humorous way of addressing one's father. 爺 is an old-fashioned upper-class designation for a father. 爹 is a standard familiar term of address to one's father.. 爸 is a familiar term of address to one's father. 大 is a highly informal colluqial way of referring to one's father. 翁 is a highly literary way of referring to oneself as a father. 爸爸 is a colloquial way of referring to one's father. 老子 is a slang expression for a father used only in his absence. 爹爹 is a colloquial way of referring to one's father. 老爹 is a familiar colloquial way of referring to one's father. 阿爹 is a familiar colloquial way of referring to one's father 阿爸 is a familiar colloquial way of referring to one's father 椿 椿庭 太公 所天 嚴父 嚴親 嚴君 嚴命 大人 郎罷 令尊 令翁 令椿 尊翁 老太爺 老爺子 尊公 尊父 尊大人 尊大君 家父 家嚴 家尊 家君 家公 家翁 家大人 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • FATHER-IN-LAW　FATHER of one's HUSBAND OR WIFE. (anc: 10/0, child: 0)
See also
Hypernym
  • PARENT　RELATIVE who has ENGENDERED OR BIRTH:given birth to a CHILD. (anc: 8/0, child: 2)
  • RELATIVES　HUMANS who HAVE COMMON ANCESTORS. (anc: 7/0, child: 6)
  • HUMAN　ANIMAL which HAS TWO LEGS AND LACKS FEATHERS. (anc: 6/0, child: 31)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 2.35

  • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p. 362

  • 中國文化背景八千詞 Zhongguo wenhua beijing ba qian ci ( WU SANXING 2008) p. 137

  • Using Chinese Synonyms ( GRACE ZHANG 2010) p. 8

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 48

  • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 71B

    • Words (24 items)

    父  fù OC: baʔ MC: bi̯o 58 Attributions

    The completely dominant word is fù 父

      Word relations
    • Conv: 子/CHILD The commonest word for a child is zǐ 子"son; child; rarely: baby".
    • Object: 事/SERVE The current general word for serving another is shì 事 (ant. shǐ 使 "deploy").
    • Epithet: 慈/LOVE Cí 慈 (ant. rěn 忍 "callous, unfeeling") is primarily the intimate emotional concern of mothers/parents for their children, and by extension such concern of a fatherly ruler for his people. [EMOTIONAL], [PRACTICAL]
    • Assoc: 兄/BROTHER Xiōng 兄 regularly refers to the eldest brother as the head of his own generation (explicitly bó xiōng 伯兄), but the word often refers more generally to elder brothers, including those who are not the heir in the clan.
    • Assoc: 母/MOTHER

      Syntactic words
    • n(post-N)the father of a contextually determinate N
    • n[post-N]my father
    • n[post-N]reflexiveone's own father
    • nabconceptfatherhood, role of a father
    • nabfigurativeguiding principle; (fatherly) philosophical principle and guide for lifeCH
    • nadNn=subjectfather's = issued by fatherDS
    • nadVobjectlike a father
    • nnonreferentiala father in general
    • npluralfathersCH
    • npost-NN's fatherDS
    • npost-N.=Nprhis/her father NprDS
    • npost-NprNpr's fatherDS
    • npostNprfigurative"father" XYDS
    • viactact as a father should
    • vtoNattitudinaltreat as one's father
    考  kǎo OC: khuuʔ MC: khɑu 13 Attributions

    Kǎo 考 refers to the deceased father, but can also come to refer to a living father in SHU.

      Syntactic words
    • nfather (alive)?????
    • npost-N.+Npr(N's) deceased father (Npr)
    • nt(post-N)deceased father
    先君  xiān jūn OC: sɯɯn klun MC: sen ki̯un 7 Attributions

    Xiān jūn 先君 is standardly used by a ruler for his deceased father.

      Syntactic words
    • NP[post-N]reflexivefather of the current ruler (of this state); our former ruler; father of the person just talked about
    • NPt(post-N)=NprNpr, the deceased ancestor of NDS
    皇考  huáng kǎo OC: ɡʷaaŋ khuuʔ MC: ɦɑŋ khɑu 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPhonorific and poetic term for one's father [also sometimes: great-grandfather][CA]
    君父  jūn fù OC: klun baʔ MC: ki̯un bi̯o 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPthe ruler, my father; the ruler and father
    君  jūn OC: klun MC: ki̯un 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nthe ruler (i.e. my father)
    爺  yé OC: la MC: jɣɛ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • npost-Han: father is an honorific but colloquial term
    寡君  guǎ jūn OC: kʷraaʔ klun MC: kɣɛ ki̯un 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPmy lord> my father
    顯考  xiǎn kǎo OC: qhleenʔ khuuʔ MC: hen khɑu 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPLIJI: great-great grandfather
    王考  wáng kǎo OC: ɢʷaŋ khuuʔ MC: ɦi̯ɐŋ khɑu 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPLIJI: (deceased) grand-father
    親  qīn OC: tshiŋ MC: tshin 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • n(post-N)SHIJI: father
    阿爺  ā yé OC: qlaal la MC: ʔɑ jɣɛ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPfather
    夫子  fū zǐ OC: pa sklɯʔ MC: pi̯o tsɨ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPthe master> referring to the father of a contextually determinate person
    公  gōng OC: klooŋ MC: kuŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • ntfather (LIE)
    婀爺  ā yé OC: qlaal la MC: ʔɑ jɣɛ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPfather (probably a graphic variant of 阿爺)
    皇  huáng OC: ɡʷaaŋ MC: ɦɑŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nfather
    尊君  zūn jūn MC: tswon kjun OC: tsuun klun 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NP(post-N)honourable father of the contextually determinate N DS
    人父  rén fù OC: njin baʔ MC: ȵin bi̯o 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPnonreferentiala father
    邪  yé OC: la MC: jɣɛ 0 Attributions

      Word relations

      Syntactic words
    • ninformal: father> pappa
    先人  xiān rén OC: sɯɯn njin MC: sen ȵin 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NP[post-N]father
    怙  hù OC: ɡaaʔ MC: ɦuo̝ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • npost-Han: what one relies on, i.e. one's father
    爸  bà OC: baalʔ MC: bʷɑ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • npost-Han: pa, daddy
    爹  diē OC: krlal MC: ʈɣɛ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • npost-Han: pappa
    翁  wēng OC: qlooŋ MC: ʔuŋ 0 Attributions

    Wēng 翁 "old man" is occasionally used, from Han times onwards, to refer periphrastically to one's aged father.

      Syntactic words
    • npost-Han: grandfather
    • ntSJ: father (ian old but rare periphrastic way of referring to a father)