FATHER-IN-LAW    岳父

FATHER of one's HUSBAND OR WIFE.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard word for a father-in-law is jiù 舅. 2. Zhàng rén 丈人 is a colloquial term for a father-in-law.
Modern Chinese Criteria
岳父 岳丈 岳翁 丈人 丈老 外舅 外父 婦公 婦翁 泰山 冰翁 丈人爸 岳 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • FATHER　MALE PARENT. (anc: 9/0, child: 1)
  • PARENT　RELATIVE who has ENGENDERED OR BIRTH:given birth to a CHILD. (anc: 8/0, child: 2)
  • RELATIVES　HUMANS who HAVE COMMON ANCESTORS. (anc: 7/0, child: 6)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 2.61

    • Words (3 items)

    舅  jiù OC: ɡuʔ MC: gɨu 6 Attributions

    The standard word for a father-in-law is jiù 舅.

      Syntactic words
    • nfather-in-law
    丈人  zhàng rén OC: daŋʔ njin MC: ɖi̯ɐŋ ȵin 2 Attributions

    Zhàng rén 丈人 is a colloquial term for a father-in-law.

      Syntactic words
    • NPfather-in-law
    婦翁  fù wēng OC: buʔ qlooŋ MC: bɨu ʔuŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NP(post-N)father-in-law (of a man)