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慈父 is the title of a loving father, affectionate father, or merciful father.
A great gift for your dad.
父女 is a title for “father and daughter” in Chinese.
Note: 父女 is an unusual word for a calligraphy wall 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.
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).
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.
See Also: Mother and Son
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your my dad search...
| 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 |
爸 see styles |
bà ba4 pa |
father; dad; pa; papa |
爹 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 see styles |
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: |
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: |
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 |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Loving Father | 慈父 | jifu | cí fù / ci2 fu4 / ci fu / cifu | tz`u fu / tzufu / tzu fu |
| Father and Daughter | 父女 | fù nǚ / fu4 nv3 / fu nv / funv | fu 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 / baba | pa pa / papa | |
| Mother and Daughter | 母女 | mǔ nǚ / mu3 nv3 / mu nv / munv | mu nü / munü | |
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of art alive.
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