HSK · Level 3
131 words
Chinese word
父子
Pronunciation
Pinyinfù zǐ
Meaning
- nounfather and son
Example
公园里有一对父子在玩耍。gōng yuán lǐ yǒu yí duì fù zǐ zài wán shuǎ
A father and son are playing in the park.
More examples
电影描写了父子之间复杂的情感。diàn yǐng miáo xiě le fù zǐ zhī jiān fù zá de qíng gǎn
The movie depicts complex emotions between a father and son.
Core concept
An adult father and his son sharing one scene, treated as a connected two-person unit.
Common phrases
父子相处fù zǐ xiāng chǔ
father-son interaction
父子团聚fù zǐ tuán jù
father-son reunion
父子情深fù zǐ qíng shēn
deep father-son love
Similar words
父亲fù qīn: The male parent of a child.
儿子ér zi: The male child of a parent.
父母fù mǔ: The two parents of a child, a mother and a father.
Definition in Chinese
表示父亲与儿子两人之间的亲属关系，也可指作为一对一同出现的父亲与儿子。biǎo shì fù qīn yǔ ér zi liǎng rén zhī jiān de qīn shǔ guān xì yě kě zhǐ zuò wéi yí duì yì tóng chū xiàn de fù qīn yǔ ér zi
Word origin
The word 父子 (fùzǐ, "father and son") joins 父 (fù, "father") with 子 (zǐ, "son or child"), so its form directly presents the family relationship as a pair.
Usage tips
- 父子 (fùzǐ, "father and son") is useful in photo captions and short descriptions, but spoken Chinese often makes the action or situation more explicit instead of using only the compact pair label.
Other meanings
- father-son relationshipnoun
Related words
- 父子关系fù zǐ guān xìfather-son relationshipnoun
- 父子情深fù zǐ qíng shēndeep father-son bondidiom