# 親父
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qīnfù
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣ ㄈㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): can$^1$ fu$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qīnfù
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣ ㄈㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cinfù
*** Wade–Giles: chʻin$^1$-fu$^4$
*** Yale: chīn-fù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chinfuh
*** Palladius: циньфу (cinʹfu)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ fu⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$親父／亲父 親赴／亲赴
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: can$^1$ fu$^6$
*** Yale: chān fuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsan$^1$ fu$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cen$^1$ fu$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵ fuː²²/

### Noun

親父
* (literary) biological father

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 親 | 父 |
| おや > や Grade: 2 | ちち > じ Grade: 2 |
| irregular ||
Kanji in this term :
| 親 | 父 |
| おや Grade: 2 | ちち > じ Grade: 2 |
| irregular ||
* Alternative spellings
* 親仁 親爺

### Etymology 1

Perhaps from 親 (oya, “parent”) +‎ 父 (chichi, “father”). The reading appears to be an alteration of an earlier form, oyachichi, perhaps under the influence of 爺 (chichi, jiji, jī, “old man”). The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) おやじ [òyájí] (Heiban – [0])
* (Tokyo) おやじ [óꜜyàjì] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [o̞ja̠ʑi]
* Homophone: 親字

#### Noun

親(おや)父(じ) or 親父(オヤジ) or 親(や)父(じ) or 親父(ヤジ) • (oyaji or yaji)
* (informal) an old man (elderly man)
* (informal) an old man (father)
** 2007 October 20, Izawa, Hiroshi with Yamada, Kotaro, “第(だい)42話(わ)　父(ちち)と子(こ) [Chapter 42: Father and Son]”, in ファイアーエムブレム 覇者の剣 [Fire Emblem: Sword of Champions], Jump Remix edition, volume 5 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, pages 215–216:
    やめろ　オヤジ…や…やめてくれよ‼　オヤジと戦(たたか)えるわけないだろ―――――‼　なんでだよ　オヤジ…なんで…なんでわかってくれねぇんだ⁉　オレだよ！アルだ‼　オヤジィ‼
       Yamero oyaji… Ya…yamete kure yo‼ Oyaji to tatakaeru wakenai daro―――――‼ Nan de da yo oyaji… Nan de… Nan de wakatte kurenēn da⁉ Ore da yo! Aru da‼ Oyajī‼
       Stop it, pops… St…Stop it, please‼ I can’t fight you, pops‼ Why, pops… Why… Why can’t you hear me⁉ It’s me‼ I’m Alle‼ Pops‼
** 2007 October 20, Izawa, Hiroshi with Yamada, Kotaro, “第(だい)42話(わ)　父(ちち)と子(こ) [Chapter 42: Father and Son]”, in ファイアーエムブレム 覇者の剣 [Fire Emblem: Sword of Champions], Jump Remix edition, volume 5 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 225:
    目(め)を覚(さ)ましてくれよ…オヤジ…オヤジ　オレ…オレ…強(つよ)くなっただろ？
       Me o samashitekure yo… Oyaji… Oyaji Ore… Ore… tsuyoku natta daro?
       Please wake up… pops… Pops, I… I have… gotten stronger, haven’t I?

##### Usage notes

* The word is relatively masculine in usage. A woman is unlikely to use it to refer to her own father.

##### Related terms

* おじさん (ojisan)
* おばさん (obasan)

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 親 | 父 |
| しん Grade: 2 | ふ > ぷ Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||
From Chinese 親父／亲父 (qīnfù).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しんぷ [shíꜜǹpù] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ɕĩmpɯ̟]

#### Noun

親(しん)父(ぷ) • (shinpu)
* (rare, dated) one's own father

##### Synonyms

* 実父(じっぷ) (jippu)

##### Related terms

* 親(しん)母(ぼ) (shinbo)

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* 1 2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 親 | 父 |

### Noun

親父
* chữ Hán form of thân phụ (“father”).