父債子還
Chinese
| father | debt | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight |
pay back; return; also pay back; return; also; in addition; more; still; else; yet; (not) yet | ||
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| trad. (父債子還) | 父 | 債 | 子 | 還 | |
| simp. (父债子还) | 父 | 债 | 子 | 还 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: fùzhàizǐhuán
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄓㄞˋ ㄗˇ ㄏㄨㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fùjhàizǐhhuán
- Wade–Giles: fu4-chai4-tzŭ3-huan2
- Yale: fù-jài-dž-hwán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuhjaytzyyhwan
- Palladius: фучжайцзыхуань (fučžajczyxuanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯än³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
父債子還
- (of a son) to be responsible for his father's debts