HSK 4 · Family

父亲 fùqīn “father” in Chinese

Traditional 父親

What 父亲 means

  1. father

Measure word 个 gè · 一个父亲 yí ge fùqīn

How to say 父亲

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale父fù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale亲qīn1st tone, high and level

父亲 in a sentence

  1. 你父亲是做什么的？

    Nǐ fùqīn shì zuò shénme de?

    What does your father do?

    Sentence #471108 from Tatoeba

  2. 你记得你父亲的生日吗？

    Nǐ jìde nǐ fùqīn de shēngrì ma?

    Do you remember your father’s birthday?

    Sentence #937642 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 那孩子和他父亲很像。

    Nà háizi hé tā fùqīn hěn xiàng.

    That child resembles his father.

    Sentence #1706434 from Tatoeba

How 父亲 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 父 (fù) with each of its parts in a different colour
父fùfather
  • 八eight · bā
  • 乂to govern · yì
The character 亲 (qīn) with each of its parts in a different colour
亲qīnparent
  • 立stand · lì
  • 一one · yī
  • 小small · xiǎo

How to write 父亲

父 4 strokes · 亲 9 strokes

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父亲 (fùqīn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 父亲 (fùqīn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 父亲

Words with 父

父母fùmǔ · parents祖父zǔfù · grandfather (father’s father)

Words with 亲

母亲mǔqīn · mother亲戚qīnqi · a relative (i.e. family relation)亲爱qīn'ài · dear亲切qīnqiè · amiable亲自qīnzì · personally亲密qīnmì · intimate亲热qīnrè · affectionate

More words: People, Body & Health

出院chūyuàn · to leave hospital爱情àiqíng · romance儿童értóng · child房东fángdōng · landlord母亲mǔqīn · mother年龄niánlíng · (a person’s) age亲戚qīnqi · a relative (i.e. family relation)孙子sūnzi · grandson

FAQs

父亲 (fùqīn) means “father”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it fùqīn: fù with a 4th tone, then qīn with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 父亲 is written 父親. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one father is 一个父亲 (yí ge fùqīn).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fuqin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 父亲 from the suggestions. Typing fuqin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
父亲 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.