父執

Chinese

		father	execute (a plan); grasp
trad. (父執)		父	執
simp. (父执)		父	执

Etymology

From a passage from the Book of Rites:

見父之執，不謂之進不敢進，不謂之退不敢退；不問，不敢對。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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见父之执，不谓之进不敢进，不谓之退不敢退；不问，不敢对。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

Jiàn fù zhī zhí, bù wèi zhī jìn bùgǎn jìn, bù wèi zhī tuì bùgǎn tuì; bù wèn, bùgǎn duì. [Pinyin]

When he sees an intimate friend of his father, not to presume to go forward to him without being told to do so; nor to retire without being told; nor to address him without being questioned.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fùzhí

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ ㄓˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁶ zap¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fùzhí
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄓˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fùjhíh
    • Wade–Giles: fu⁴-chih²
    • Yale: fù-jŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuhjyr
    • Palladius: фучжи (fučži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu⁶ zap¹
    • Yale: fuh jāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁶ dzap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu⁶ zeb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː²² t͡sɐp̚⁵/

Noun

父執

1. (literary) friends of one's father

Derived terms

• 父執輩 / 父执辈