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Fatherly Master / Sifu / Shi Fu / Shifu
Martial Arts Teacher
師父 means master in Chinese (occasionally used in Korean Hanja and Japanese). In the context of Martial Arts, this is the master and teacher who instructs students.
The second character by itself means father. Thus, you get the “Fatherly Master” translation. There's an old Chinese saying that goes something like, “One who is your teacher for one day is your father for life.”
Language notes: I've often seen this romanized as “sifu,” this is actually the Cantonese romanization. In Mandarin Chinese, it's “Shifu.” The pronunciation in Mandarin is actually like “sure foo” (using typical English pronunciation). There's an “R-sound” in there, which is not obvious from the romanization. Many martial arts studios incorrectly pronounce this like “she foo” (which is actually the Japanese pronunciation). In Cantonese, it sounds like “Sea foo” (almost like “seafood,” minus the “d” at the end).
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
師父 师父 see styles |
shī fu shi1 fu5 shih fu shifu しふ |
More info & calligraphy: Fatherly Master / Sifu / Shi Fu / Shifufatherly master a master |
師父領進門，修行在個人 师父领进门，修行在个人 see styles |
shī fu lǐng jìn mén , xiū xíng zài gè rén shi1 fu5 ling3 jin4 men2 , xiu1 xing2 zai4 ge4 ren2 shih fu ling chin men , hsiu hsing tsai ko jen |
the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you; you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Fatherly Master Sifu Shi Fu Shifu | 師父 师父 | shi fu / shifu | shī fù / shi1 fu4 / shi fu / shifu | shih fu / shihfu |
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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