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岳父

岳父

Chinese

		mountain; wife's father	father
simp. and trad. (岳父)		岳	父

Noun

岳父

father-in-law (wife's father)

Synonyms

岳丈 (yuèzhàng)

See also

岳母 (yuèmǔ)
丈母娘 (zhàngmuniáng)
丈母 (zhàngmǔ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
岳	父
がく Grade: S	ふ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

岳父 ‎(hiragana がくふ, romaji gakufu)

one's wife's father: a man's father-in-law

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yuèfù

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄈㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngok⁶ fu^6-2
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngo̍k-fu
Min Nan (POJ): ga̍k-hǔ / ga̍k-hū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yuèfù
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄈㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehfuh
  - IPA ^(key): /y̯œ⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngok⁶ fu^6-2
  - Yale: ngohk fú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngok⁹ fu^6-2
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːk̚² fuː²²⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngo̍k-fu
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngog fu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngog⁶ fu⁴
  - IPA: /ŋok̚⁵ fu⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ga̍k-hǔ
  - Tâi-lô: ga̍k-hǔ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /gak̚²⁴⁻²² hu²²/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ga̍k-hū
  - Tâi-lô: ga̍k-hū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gaghu
  - IPA (Taipei): /gak̚⁴⁻³² hu³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /gak̚⁴⁻³² hu³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /gak̚⁴⁻²¹ hu²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /gak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hu²²/