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寄父

jì fù

2-character word

What 寄父 means

1. foster father

The characters in 寄父

• 寄jìto entrust; to place in sb's care; (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to…
• 父fù(bound form) father; (bound form) male relative of father's generation…

Sounds the same

Read jì fù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 继父stepfather
• 季父uncle (father's youngest brother)

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