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My Dad in Chinese / Japanese...

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  1. Loving Father

  2. Father and Daughter

  3. Father and Son

  4. No man knows what he owes to his parents until he comes to have children of his own

  5. Daddy / Father

  6. Mother and Daughter


Loving Father

 cí fù
 jifu
Loving Father Scroll

慈父 is the title of a loving father, affectionate father, or merciful father.

A great gift for your dad.

Father and Daughter

 fù nǚ
Father and Daughter Scroll

父女 is a title for “father and daughter” in Chinese.

Note: 父女 is an unusual word for a calligraphy wall scroll.

Father and Daughter

 chichi musume
Father and Daughter Scroll

父娘 is a title for “father and daughter” in Japanese Kanji.

Father and Son

 chichi musuko
Father and Son Scroll

父息子 is “father and son” in Japanese.

No man knows what he owes to his parents until he comes to have children of his own

 ko wo motte shiru oya no on
No man knows what he owes to his parents until he comes to have children of his own Scroll

子を持って知る親の恩 literally translates as: Only after you have a baby, you would appreciate your parents (feel the way they do, etc).

This is a bit like the “walk a mile in another man's shoes” saying. Basically, it's about you cannot fully understand the plight of others until you experience it yourself. It also shows appreciation for the plight of parents.

This Japanese proverb can also be translated a few more ways:

No man knows what he owes to his parents till he comes to have children of his own.

One knows not what one owes to one's parents till one comes to have children of one's own.

Only after you have a baby, you will appreciate your parents or feel the way they do.

Only after becoming a parent yourself do you realize how much you owe [how indebted you are] to your own parents.


Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

Daddy / Father

 bà ba
Daddy / Father Scroll

爸爸 is the colloquial way to say “Daddy” in Chinese.

Sometimes Chinese people will refer to their father with just one of these characters, “Ba,” which would be like “Dad.” With both characters, “Baba,” it's more like “Daddy.”

爸爸 is really a weird selection for a wall scroll, so consider this entry to be for educational purposes only (don't order this).

Mother and Daughter

 mǔ nǚ
Mother and Daughter Scroll

母女 means “mother and daughter” as a unit or as if mother and daughter are a whole together.

母女 is an unusual selection for a calligraphy wall scroll and can be read in many different ways. Your native Asian friends might wonder what you are trying to say. They might even read it as “a mother and daughter without a dad.”

This entry was added to our database for a customer's special request. It has the same meaning in Chinese Characters and Korean Hanja.


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Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

爸爸

see styles
bà ba
    ba4 ba5
pa pa

More info & calligraphy:

Daddy / Father
(coll.) father; dad; CL:位[wei4]

see styles

    ba4
pa
father; dad; pa; papa

see styles
diē
    die1
tieh
dad

ばば

see styles
 papa
    パパ
(1) (familiar language) dad; daddy; papa; (2) (colloquialism) sugar daddy; (personal name) Papa

主夫

see styles
 kazuo
    かずお
(colloquialism) (pun on 主婦) (See 主婦) househusband; stay-at-home dad; (personal name) Kazuo

大大

see styles
dà dà
    da4 da4
ta ta
greatly; enormously; (dialect) dad; uncle

奶爸

see styles
nǎi bà
    nai3 ba4
nai pa
stay-at-home dad

寶爸


宝爸

see styles
bǎo bà
    bao3 ba4
pao pa
a dad (father of a young child)

父上

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fù shàng
    fu4 shang4
fu shang
 chichiue
    ちちうえ
(slang) father; dad (playful honorific, orthographic borrowing from Japanese "chichi-ue")
(honorific or respectful language) father

爸媽


爸妈

see styles
bà mā
    ba4 ma1
pa ma
dad and mom

老爸

see styles
lǎo bà
    lao3 ba4
lao pa
father; dad

阿爹

see styles
ā diē
    a1 die1
a tieh
dad; father; (paternal) grandfather; old man

阿爺


阿爷

see styles
ā yé
    a1 ye2
a yeh
 aya
Dad!

阿釜

see styles
ā yé
    a1 ye2
a yeh
 aya
Dad!

靠北

see styles
kào běi
    kao4 bei3
k`ao pei
    kao pei
(Tw) (slang) to rattle on; to carp; stop whining!; shut the hell up!; fuck!; damn! (from Taiwanese 哭爸, Tai-lo pr. [khàu-pē], "to cry over one's dad's death")

お父ん

see styles
 oton
    おとん
(familiar language) (kana only) (ksb:) (See お父さん・1) dad; daddy; papa; father

パパ友

see styles
 papatomo
    パパとも
friend of a father who is also a father; dads who are friends; dad friend

父さん

see styles
 tousan / tosan
    とうさん
(See お父さん・1) father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy; dada

お父さん

see styles
 otossan
    おとっさん
    otousan / otosan
    おとうさん
(out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (honorific or respectful language) father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy; dada; (honorific or respectful language) father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy; dada

パパさん

see styles
 papasan
    パパさん
(n,n-pref) (1) (familiar language) dad; (2) (masculine speech) pet owner

専業主夫

see styles
 sengyoushufu / sengyoshufu
    せんぎょうしゅふ
full-time househusband; stay-at-home dad

御父さん

see styles
 otossan
    おとっさん
    otousan / otosan
    おとうさん
(honorific or respectful language) father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy; dada

父ちゃん

see styles
 touchan; tocchan / tochan; tocchan
    とうちゃん; とっちゃん
(child. language) dad; daddy; papa; pa; pop

おやっさん

see styles
 oyassan
    おやっさん
(1) (osb:) father; dad; (2) (osb:) old man

お父ちゃん

see styles
 otouchan / otochan
    おとうちゃん
(child. language) (See お父さん・おとうさん・1) dad; dada; daddy; pa; papa; pappa; pop

御父つぁん

see styles
 otottsan
    おとっつぁん
(kana only) father (term commonly used until the end of the Meiji period); Dad

親父ギャグ

see styles
 oyajigyagu; oyajigyagu
    おやじギャグ; オヤジギャグ
(kana only) (colloquialism) bad pun; corny joke; worn-out joke; dad joke

オヤジギャグ

see styles
 oyajigyagu
    オヤジギャグ
(kana only) (colloquialism) (derogatory term) boring pun; old person's joke; dad joke; worn-out joke

Variations:
御父つぁん
御父つあん

 otottsan(御父tsan); otottsuan(御父tsuan)
    おとっつぁん(御父つぁん); おとっつあん(御父つあん)
(kana only) (commonly used until the end of the Meiji period) father; Dad

Variations:
親父
親爺
親仁

 oyaji(gikun)(p); oyaji
    おやじ(gikun)(P); オヤジ
(1) (familiar language) one's father; one's old man; dad; pops; (2) (familiar language) middle-aged (or older) man; old man; geezer; (3) (familiar language) one's boss; (4) proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.); landlord; (5) (hob:) grizzly bear

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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Loving Father慈父jifucí fù / ci2 fu4 / ci fu / cifutz`u fu / tzufu / tzu fu
Father and Daughter父女fù nǚ / fu4 nv3 / fu nv / funvfu nü / funü
Father and Daughter父娘chichi musume
chichimusume
Father and Son父息子chichi musuko
chichimusuko
No man knows what he owes to his parents until he comes to have children of his own子を持って知る親の恩ko wo motte shiru oya no on
kowomotteshiruoyanoon
Daddy
Father
爸爸bà ba / ba4 ba / ba ba / babapa pa / papa
Mother and Daughter母女mǔ nǚ / mu3 nv3 / mu nv / munvmu nü / munü


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A nice Chinese calligraphy wall scroll

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single-character wall scroll.
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A professional Chinese Calligrapher

Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.

There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form of art alive.

Trying to learn Chinese calligrapher - a futile effort

Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.

A high-ranked Chinese master calligrapher that I met in Zhongwei

The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.


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