姑父
gū fu
Pinyin

Definition

姑父
 - 
gū fu
  1. father's sister's husband
  2. husband of paternal aunt
  3. uncle

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

姑娘
gū niang
  1. 1 girl
  2. 2 young woman
  3. 3 young lady
  4. 4 daughter
  5. 5 paternal aunt (old)
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
父母
fù mǔ
  1. 1 father and mother
  2. 2 parents
父亲
fù qīn
  1. 1 father
  2. 2 also pr. [fù qin]
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
大姑
dà gū
  1. 1 father's oldest sister
  2. 2 husband's older sister
  3. 3 sister-in-law
姑
gū
  1. 1 paternal aunt
  2. 2 husband's sister
  3. 3 husband's mother (old)
  4. 4 nun
  5. 5 for the time being (literary)

Idioms (15)

一日为师，终身为父
yī rì wéi shī , zhōng shēn wéi fù
  1. 1 lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom)
三姑六婆
sān gū liù pó
  1. 1 women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
再生父母
zài shēng fù mǔ
  1. 1 like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor
在家靠父母，出外靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū wài kào péng you
  1. 1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
在家靠父母，出门靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū mén kào péng you
  1. 1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)

Sample Sentences

姑姑的老公，是姑父。
gūgu de lǎogōng ，shì gūfù 。
Your father's sister's husband is "gu fu."
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