Korean word

친아버지

Pronunciation

Romanizationchinabeoji

Meaning

  • nounbiological father

Example

어제 친아버지를 만났어요.eo je chi na beo ji reul man na sseo yo

I met my biological father yesterday.

Illustration for 친아버지 (biological father)

More examples

결혼식에 친아버지를 초대했어요.kyeol hon si ge chi na beo ji reul cho dae hae sseo yo

I invited my biological father to the wedding.

Core concept

A person's own biological father, clearly distinguished from a father by marriage or adoption.

Common phrases

  • 친아버지를 소개하다chi na beo ji reul so gae ha da

    introduce one's biological father

  • 친아버지와 함께 살다chi na beo ji wa ham kke sal da

    live with one's biological father

  • 친아버지를 만나다chi na beo ji reul man na da

    meet one's biological father

Similar words

아버지abeoji: The adult male parent in a family who helps raise a child.
아빠appa: A child's father addressed as Dad in warm everyday family talk.
아버님abeonim: A father addressed or mentioned with formal respect.
계부kyebu: A mother's husband who becomes a child's nonbiological father after remarriage.

Definition in Korean

자신의 혈족 가운데 아버지에 해당하는 사람을 가리키는 명사로, 혈연 여부를 분명히 할 때 쓰인다.cha si nui hyeol jok ka un de a beo ji e hae dang ha neun sa ra meul ka ri ki neun myeong sa ro hyeo ryeon yeo bu reul pun myeong hi hal ttae sseu in da

Word origin

친 (chi, "one's own or biological") is added to 아버지 (nabeoji, "father") to distinguish a biological father from other kinds of fathers.

Usage tips

  • When Korean family relationships need to be precise, this word prevents the broad English word father from leaving the type of relationship unclear.

Opposites

  • 양아버지yangabeojiadoptive fathernoun
  • 계부kyebustepfathernoun

Related words

  • 친부chinbubiological fathernoun
  • 친모chinmobiological mothernoun
  • 친자chinjabiological childnoun

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