父系
fù xì
Pinyin

Definition

父系
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fù xì
  1. paternal line
  2. patrilineal

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

系
xì
  1. 1 to connect
  2. 2 to relate to
  3. 3 to tie up
  4. 4 to bind
  5. 5 to be (literary)
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 CL:個|个[gè]
系列
xì liè
  1. 1 series
  2. 2 set
系统
xì tǒng
  1. 1 system
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
联系
lián xì
  1. 1 variant of 聯繫|联系[lián xì]
关系
guān xi
  1. 1 relation
  2. 2 relationship
  3. 3 to concern
  4. 4 to affect
  5. 5 to have to do with
  6. 6 guanxi
  7. 7 CL:個|个[gè]
系数
xì shù
  1. 1 coefficient
  2. 2 factor
  3. 3 modulus
  4. 4 ratio
姑父
gū fu
  1. 1 father's sister's husband
  2. 2 husband of paternal aunt
  3. 3 uncle
岳父
yuè fù
  1. 1 wife's father, father-in-law
师父
shī fu
  1. 1 used for 師傅|师傅 (in Taiwan)
  2. 2 master
  3. 3 qualified worker
教父
jiào fù
  1. 1 godfather
日系
Rì xì
  1. 1 Japanese section (of school)
  2. 2 Japanese-related (business)
没关系
méi guān xi
  1. 1 it doesn't matter
父
fù
  1. 1 father
父女
fù nu:3
  1. 1 father and daughter
父子
fù zǐ
  1. 1 father and son
父爱
fù ài
  1. 1 paternal love
神父
shén fu
  1. 1 Christian priest or clergyman
  2. 2 (spiritual) father
维系
wéi xì
  1. 1 to maintain
  2. 2 to keep up
  3. 3 to hold together

Idioms (10)

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)
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)
有其父必有其子
yǒu qí fù bì yǒu qí zǐ
  1. 1 like father, like son (idiom)
无颜见江东父老
wú yán jiàn Jiāng dōng fù lǎo
  1. 1 (idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ], who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)
父慈子孝
fù cí zǐ xiào
  1. 1 benevolent father, filial son (idiom)
  2. 2 natural love between parents and children
知子莫若父
zhī zǐ mò ruò fù
  1. 1 nobody understands one's son better than his father (idiom)
解铃还须系铃人
jiě líng hái xū xì líng rén
  1. 1 lit. whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. whoever started the trouble should end it
认贼作父
rèn zéi zuò fù
  1. 1 lit. to acknowledge the bandit as one's father (idiom); fig. a complete betrayal
  2. 2 to sell oneself to the enemy

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