家父

jiāfù

noun #20,470

Meanings

1 my father (polite, humble reference)

Characters

family / home (humble prefix for one's own relatives)

Examples

家父今年六十岁了，身体还很硬朗。

Jiāfù jīnnián liùshí suì le, shēntǐ hái hěn yìnglǎng.

My father is sixty this year and still in excellent health.

请代我向家父问好。

Qǐng dài wǒ xiàng jiāfù wènhǎo.

Please convey my regards to your father.

Tips

usage

家父 is a humble (自谦语) way to refer to one's own father in formal or polite contexts. Use 令尊 (lìngzūn) to refer respectfully to someone else's father. Using 家父 for another person's father is a common mistake.

Stroke Order

家 jiā

父 fù