父上 (fùshàng): father (slang, playful honorifi…

Meanings

1 father (slang, playful honorific)
2 dad (mock-formal address borrowed from Japanese)

Characters

父

above; honored superior

Examples

父上大人，今天的零花钱可以涨一点吗？

Fùshàng dàrén, jīntiān de línghuāqián kěyǐ zhǎng yīdiǎn ma?

Honored father, could my allowance go up a bit today?

她在网上发文叫自己的爸爸"父上"，显得既亲切又搞笑。

Tā zài wǎngshàng fāwén jiào zìjǐ de bàba "fùshàng", xiǎnde jì qīnqiè yòu gǎoxiào.

She calls her dad "fùshàng" in her online posts, which is both affectionate and funny.

Tips

culture

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 父上 (chichi-ue), an old samurai-era honorific for one's father. In Chinese the word entered the internet via anime/manga fans (二次元), and is used as ironically grand address for dad. Pair-form 母上 (mǔshàng) for mom is equally common.

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Internet/casual only — never appears in formal writing. Tone is playful, almost cosplay-like; using it with your actual father will read as a joke.