国父

國父
guófù
noun #31,504

Meanings

  1. 1 father of the nation
  2. 2 founding father

Examples

HSK 4
Huáshèngdùn shì Měiguó guófù.
Washington is the father of the United States.
HSK 6
Sūn Zhōngshān bèi zūn wéi Zhōnghuá Mínguó guófù.
Sun Yat-sen is honored as the Father of the Republic of China.

Tips

culture
In Greater China, 国父 almost always refers to 孙中山 (Sun Yat-sen, 1866-1925), revered in Taiwan as the official 国父 and respected in mainland China as a revolutionary forerunner. Outside that context, the term works like English 'founding father' - Washington for the US, Atatürk for Turkey, etc.

Stroke Order

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