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See also: 师父

Chinese

a division (milit.); teacher; master
a division (milit.); teacher; master; expert; model
 
 father
trad. (師父) 師 父
simp. (师父) 师 父
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Pronunciation

Noun

師父

  1. master; teacher (usually for martial arts)
  2. term of address for a Buddhist monk or a nun

Usage notes

This term is also used to refer to female teachers, while the term 師母／师母 (shīmǔ) refers specifically to a male teacher's wife, and not to female teachers. Usually, 師父／师父 (shīfu) is used to refer to martial arts teachers and Buddhist monks or nuns, while 師傅／师傅 (shīfu) is used to refer to a master or teacher of a trade.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 和尚 (“Buddhist monk”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 和尚, 比丘, 僧, 僧人, 僧侶, 禪師 honorific
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 和尚
Taiwan 和尚
Chengde 和尚
Chifeng 和尚
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 和尚
Heihe 和尚
Qiqihar 和尚
Harbin 和尚
Jiamusi 和尚
Baicheng 和尚
Changchun 和尚
Tonghua 和尚
Shenyang 和尚
Jinzhou 和尚
Singapore 和尚, 師父
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 和尚
Tangshan 和尚
Cangzhou 和尚
Baoding 和尚
Shijiazhuang 和尚
Lijin 和尚
Jinan 和尚, 僧人
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 和尚
Dandong 和尚
Yantai 和尚
Yantai (Muping) 和尚
Qingdao 和尚
Zhucheng 和尚
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 和尚
Lingbao 和尚
Jining 和尚
Wanrong 和尚
Linfen 和尚
Shangqiu 和尚
Yuanyang 和尚
Zhengzhou 和尚
Xinyang 和尚
Baihe 和尚
Xi'an 和尚
Baoji 和尚
Tianshui 和尚
Xining 和尚
Xuzhou 和尚
Fuyang 和尚
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 和尚
Lanzhou 和尚
Dunhuang 和尚
Hami 和尚
Ürümqi 和尚
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 和尚
Nanchong 和尚
Dazhou 和尚
Hanyuan 和尚
Xichang 和尚
Zigong 和尚
Chongqing 和尚
Wuhan 和尚
Yichang 和尚
Xiangyang 和尚
Tianmen 和尚
Guiyang 和尚, 師父
Zunyi 和尚
Bijie 和尚
Liping 和尚
Zhaotong 和尚
Dali 和尚
Kunming 和尚
Mengzi 和尚
Guilin 和尚
Guilin (Lingui) 和尚
Liuzhou 和尚, 師父
Liuzhou (Luorong) 和尚
Nanning (Wuming) 和尚
Jishou 和尚
Changde 和尚
Hanzhong 和尚
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 和尚
Yangzhou 和尚
Lianyungang 和尚
Lianshui 和尚
Nantong 和尚
Anqing 和尚
Wuhu 和尚
Hefei 和尚
Hong'an 和尚
Cantonese Guangzhou 和尚
Hong Kong 和尚
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 和尚
Macau 和尚
Guangzhou (Panyu) 和尚
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 和尚
Guangzhou (Conghua) 和尚
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 和尚
Foshan 和尚
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 和尚
Foshan (Shunde) 和尚
Foshan (Sanshui) 和尚
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 和尚
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 和尚
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 和尚
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 和尚
Zhuhai (Doumen) 和尚
Jiangmen (Baisha) 和尚
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 和尚
Taishan 和尚
Kaiping (Chikan) 和尚
Enping (Niujiang) 和尚
Heshan (Yayao) 和尚
Dongguan 和尚
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 和尚
Qingyuan 和尚
Fogang 和尚
Yingde (Hanguang) 和尚
Yangshan 和尚
Lianshan (Butian) 和尚
Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) 和尚
Shaoguan 和尚
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 和尚
Renhua 和尚
Lechang 和尚
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 和尚
Sihui 和尚
Guangning 和尚
Deqing 和尚
Huaiji 和尚
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 和尚
Yunfu 和尚
Xinxing 和尚
Luoding 和尚
Yunan (Pingtai) 和尚
Xinyi 和尚
Lianjiang 和尚
Nanning 和尚
Wuzhou 和尚
Yulin 和尚
Hepu (Lianzhou) 和尚
Guiping 和尚
Mengshan (Xihe) 和尚
Guigang (Nanjiang) 和尚
Beiliu (Tangliao) 和尚
Baise 和尚
Bobai 和尚
Lingshan 和尚
Pubei 和尚
Qinzhou 和尚
Beihai 和尚
Ningming 和尚
Hengzhou 和尚
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) 和尚
Gan Nanchang 和尚
Pengze 和尚
Lichuan 和尚
Pingxiang 和尚
Hakka Meixian 和尚, 齋公
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 和尚
Dongguan (Qingxi) 和尚
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 和尚
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 和尚
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 和尚
Yudu 和尚
Ruijin 和尚
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 和尚, 齋公仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 和尚, 齋牯, 齋公
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 和尚, 齋公仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 和尚, 齋公
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 和尚, 齋公仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 和尚
Luchuan (Daqiao) 和尚
Beiliu (Tang'an) 和尚
Mashan (Pianlian) 師父
Huizhou Jixi 和尚
Shexian 和尚
Jin Taiyuan 和尚
Pingyao 和尚
Yangyuan 和尚
Datong 和尚
Xinzhou 和尚
Lüliang (Lishi) 和尚
Changzhi 和尚
Linhe 和尚
Jining 和尚
Hohhot 和尚
Erenhot 和尚
Pingshan 和尚
Zhangjiakou 和尚
Handan 和尚
Linzhou 和尚
Suide 和尚
Northern Min Jian'ou 道老
Songxi 長老
Zhenghe 長老
Jianyang 長老
Wuyishan 長老
Pucheng (Shibei) 長老
Eastern Min Fuzhou 和尚
Fuqing 和尚, 仙師
Southern Min Xiamen 和尚
Quanzhou 和尚
Zhangzhou 和尚
Taipei 和尚
New Taipei (Sanxia) 和尚
Kaohsiung 和尚
Yilan 和尚
Changhua (Lukang) 和尚
Taichung 和尚
Tainan 和尚
Hsinchu 和尚
Kinmen 和尚
Penghu (Magong) 和尚
Penang (Hokkien) 和尚
Manila (Hokkien) 和尚
Zhangping (Yongfu) 和尚
Datian 和尚
Shunchang (Pushang) 和尚
Pingnan (Shangdu) 和尚
Chaozhou 和尚
Shantou 師父
Shantou (Chenghai) 師父
Jieyang 和尚
Leizhou 和尚
Haikou 和尚
Puxian Min Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 和尚
Central Min Yong'an 和尚, 長老
Sanming (Sanyuan) 長老
Sanming (Shaxian) 和尚
Shaojiang Min Shaowu 和尚
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 和尚
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 和尚
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 和尚
Nanning (Shajing) 和尚
Binyang (Xinqiao) 和尚
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 和尚
Guilin (Chaoyang) 和尚
Guilin (Zhuyuan) 和尚
Lingchuan (Tanxia) 和尚
Wu Shanghai 和尚
Shanghai (Songjiang) 和尚
Shanghai (Jiading) 和尚
Shanghai (Chongming) 和尚
Suzhou 和尚
Danyang 和尚
Hangzhou 和尚
Ningbo 和尚
Wenzhou 和尚
Jinhua 和尚
Xiang Changsha 和尚
Loudi 齋公
Quanzhou 和尚
Guanyang (Wenshi) 和尚
Dialectal synonyms of 尼姑 (“Buddhist nun”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 尼姑, 比丘尼
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 尼姑兒, 姑子
Taiwan 尼姑
Chengde 尼姑, 姑子
Chifeng 尼姑, 姑子
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 姑子
Heihe 尼姑, 姑子
Qiqihar 尼姑, 姑子
Harbin 尼姑, 姑子
Jiamusi 尼姑, 姑子
Baicheng 尼姑, 姑子
Changchun 姑子
Tonghua 姑子
Shenyang 尼姑, 姑子
Jinzhou 尼姑兒, 姑子
Singapore 尼姑, 師父
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 姑子
Tangshan 尼姑, 姑子
Cangzhou 姑子
Baoding 尼姑, 姑子
Shijiazhuang 姑子
Lijin 姑子
Jinan 尼姑, 姑子
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 姑子
Dandong 尼姑, 姑子
Yantai 姑子
Yantai (Muping) 姑子
Qingdao 姑姑子
Zhucheng 姑子
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 尼姑, 姑姑兒
Lingbao 尼姑, 姑姑
Jining 姑子, 姑姑
Wanrong 姑姑子
Linfen 姑姑子
Shangqiu 尼姑, 姑子
Yuanyang 尼姑
Zhengzhou 尼姑, 姑姑
Xinyang 尼姑, 姑子
Baihe 尼姑
Xi'an 尼姑, 姑姑子
Baoji 尼姑, 姑姑
Tianshui 姑姑子
Xining 尼姑, 女姑姑
Xuzhou 姑子, 尼姑, 二僧
Fuyang 尼姑, 姑子
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 尼姑, 姑姑
Lanzhou 尼姑, 姑姑, 姑姑子
Dunhuang 尼姑
Hami 尼姑
Ürümqi 尼姑, 姑子
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 尼姑
Nanchong 尼姑
Dazhou 尼姑
Hanyuan 尼姑
Xichang 尼姑
Zigong 尼姑
Chongqing 尼姑
Wuhan 尼姑, 姑子
Yichang 尼姑
Xiangyang 尼姑, 姑姑子
Tianmen 尼姑
Guiyang 尼姑, 師公
Zunyi 尼姑
Bijie 尼姑
Liping 尼姑
Zhaotong 尼姑
Dali 尼姑
Kunming 尼姑
Mengzi 尼姑
Guilin 尼姑
Guilin (Lingui) 尼姑
Liuzhou 尼姑, 師姑, 師父
Liuzhou (Luorong) 尼姑
Nanning (Wuming) 尼姑
Jishou 女和尚
Changde 尼姑
Hanzhong 尼姑, 姑姑子
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 師姑, 尼姑
Yangzhou 師姑, 尼姑, 二僧
Lianyungang 尼姑, 姑子
Lianshui 尼姑
Nantong 尼姑
Anqing 尼姑
Wuhu 尼姑
Hefei 尼姑
Hong'an 尼姑
Cantonese Guangzhou 師姑, 阿傅
Hong Kong 師姑, 尼姑, 阿傅
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 尼姑
Macau 師姑
Guangzhou (Panyu) 師姑
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 師姑
Guangzhou (Conghua) 師姑
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 師姑
Foshan 師姑
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 師姑
Foshan (Shunde) 師姑
Foshan (Sanshui) 師姑
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 尼姑
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 師姑
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 師姑
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 仙姑仔
Zhuhai (Doumen) 師姑, 尼姑
Jiangmen (Baisha) 師姑
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 尼姑
Taishan 尼姑, 師姑, 齋姑
Kaiping (Chikan) 尼姑
Enping (Niujiang) 尼姑
Heshan (Yayao) 師姑
Dongguan 師姑
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 師姑
Qingyuan 師姑
Fogang 師姑
Yingde (Hanguang) 尼姑
Yangshan 尼姑
Lianshan (Butian) 尼姑
Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) 尼姑
Shaoguan 師姑
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 師姑
Renhua 師姑
Lechang 尼姑, 師姑
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 尼姑
Sihui 師姑
Guangning 師姑
Deqing 尼姑
Huaiji 仙姑
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 尼姑
Yunfu 師姑
Xinxing 尼姑
Luoding 尼姑
Yunan (Pingtai) 尼姑
Xinyi 尼姑
Lianjiang 尼姑
Nanning 尼姑
Wuzhou 尼姑, 師姑
Yulin 尼姑
Hepu (Lianzhou) 尼姑
Guiping 尼姑
Mengshan (Xihe) 尼姑
Guigang (Nanjiang) 尼姑
Beiliu (Tangliao) 尼姑
Baise 尼姑
Bobai 尼姑
Lingshan 尼姑
Pubei 尼姑
Qinzhou 尼姑
Beihai 尼姑
Ningming 尼姑
Hengzhou 尼姑
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) 尼姑
Gan Nanchang 尼姑
Pengze 尼姑
Lichuan 尼姑, 女和尚
Pingxiang 尼姑, 齋婆
Hakka Meixian 尼姑, 齋嫲
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 尼姑, 師姑, 師父
Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) 尼姑
Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) 尼姑
Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) 尼姑婆
Dongguan (Qingxi) 尼姑嫲
Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) 尼姑
Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) 尼姑
Boluo (Bendihua) 師姑
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 尼姑嫲
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 師姑
Heyuan (Bendihua) 尼姑, 齋婆
Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) 尼姑
Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) 尼姑
Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) 尼姑
Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) 尼姑
Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) 尼姑
Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) 姐婆
Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) 尼姑
Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) 猜嫲
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 尼姑
Yudu 尼姑
Ruijin 尼姑
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 尼姑, 齋婆, 齋姑
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 尼姑, 齋姑
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 尼姑, 齋婆, 齋姑
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 尼姑, 齋姑
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 尼姑, 齋婆, 齋姑
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 尼姑
Luchuan (Daqiao) 尼姑
Beiliu (Tang'an) 尼姑
Mashan (Pianlian) 尼姑
Huizhou Jixi 尼姑
Shexian 尼姑
Jin Taiyuan 姑子
Pingyao 姑子
Yangyuan 尼姑, 姑子
Datong 尼姑, 姑子
Xinzhou 姑子
Lüliang (Lishi) 尼姑, 姑子
Changzhi 姑子
Linhe 姑子
Jining 尼姑
Hohhot 姑子
Erenhot 姑子
Pingshan 姑子
Zhangjiakou 姑子
Handan 尼姑, 姑子
Linzhou 姑哦
Suide 姑子
Eastern Min Fuzhou 尼姑, 尼姑囝 derogatory, 菜婆
Fuqing 尼姑, 師姑
Southern Min Xiamen 尼姑
Quanzhou 尼姑
Hui'an 西姑
Zhangzhou 尼姑
Zhao'an 尼姑
Taipei 尼姑
New Taipei (Tamsui) 尼姑
New Taipei (Sanxia) 尼姑
New Taipei (Pingxi) 尼姑
Kaohsiung 尼姑, 菜姑
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 尼姑
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 尼姑, 菜姑仔
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 尼姑, 菜姑
Kaohsiung (Tianliao) 尼姑
Yilan 尼姑, 菜姑
Yilan (Toucheng) 尼姑, 菜姑
Changhua (Lukang) 尼姑
Taichung 尼姑
Tainan 尼姑, 菜姑
Tainan (Anping) 尼姑, 菜姑
Hsinchu 尼姑
Kinmen 尼姑
Penghu (Magong) 尼姑
Penghu (Xiyu) 尼姑, 菜姑
Penang (Hokkien) 尼姑, 菜姑
Zhangping (Yongfu) 尼姑
Pingnan (Shangdu) 尼姑
Raoping 尼姑
Shantou 尼姑, 師姑
Jieyang 齋姨, 師傅
Haikou 尼姑
Puxian Min Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 師姑
Xianyou 師姑
Central Min Yong'an 尼姑
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 師姑
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 師姑
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 尼姑
Nanning (Shajing) 尼姑
Binyang (Xinqiao) 尼姑
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 尼姑
Guilin (Chaoyang) 尼姑
Guilin (Zhuyuan) 尼姑
Lingchuan (Tanxia) 尼姑
Wu Shanghai 師姑, 尼姑
Shanghai (Songjiang) 師姑, 師太
Shanghai (Jiading) 尼姑
Shanghai (Chongming) 尼姑
Suzhou 師姑, 師太
Danyang 尼姑, 師姑
Hangzhou 尼姑, 師姑
Ningbo 尼姑
Wenzhou 師姑娘
Jinhua 尼姑
Xiang Changsha 尼姑
Loudi 齋婆
Hengyang 尼姑婆
Quanzhou 尼姑婆
Guanyang (Wenshi) 尼姑

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
師 父
し
Grade: 5 		ふ
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

師(し)父(ふ) • (shifu) 

  1. teacher and father
  2. (honorific) teacher, master

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
師父

Noun

師父 • (sabu) (hangeul 사부)

  1. hanja form? of 사부 (“master”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
師父

Noun

師父

  1. chữ Hán form of sư phụ (“master”)
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