父 (fù) means Father. Below are 24 of the 46 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他很孝顺 父 母。
Tā hěn xiàoshùn fùmǔ.
He is very dutiful toward his parents.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 孝顺
他的 父 母很开明。
Tā de fùmǔ hěn kāimíng.
His parents are very open-minded.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 开明
他跟 父 亲长得很像。
Tā gēn fùqin zhǎng de hěn xiàng.
He looks a lot like his father.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 父亲
父 母为他感到骄傲。
Fùmǔ wèi tā gǎndào jiāo'ào.
His parents are proud of him.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 骄傲
他 父 亲一直在经商。
Tā fùqīn yìzhí zài jīng shāng.
His father has always been in business.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 经商
他 父 亲已经退休了。
Tā fùqīn yǐjīng tuìxiū le.
His father has already retired.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 退休
父 母对他期望很高。
Fùmǔ duì tā qīwàng hěn gāo.
His parents have high expectations of him.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 期望
我 父 亲是一名工程师。
Wǒ fùqin shì yì míng gōngchéngshī.
My father is an engineer.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 父亲
寒假我要回家看 父 母。
Hánjià wǒ yào huí jiā kàn fùmǔ.
During the winter holiday I am going home to see my parents.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 寒假
父 母总是为孩子操心。
Fùmǔ zǒngshì wèi háizi cāo xīn.
Parents always worry about their children.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 操心
他一心想为 父 亲报仇。
Tā yìxīn xiǎng wèi fùqīn bàochóu.
He was bent on avenging his father.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 报仇
他继承了 父 亲的手艺。
Tā jìchéng le fùqīn de shǒuyì.
He inherited his father's craft.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 继承
父 母之间要互相体谅。
Fùmǔ zhījiān yào hùxiāng tǐliàng.
Parents should be understanding towards each other.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 体谅
父 亲对他一向很严厉。
Fùqīn duì tā yíxiàng hěn yánlì.
His father has always been strict with him.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 严厉
这块表是祖 父 留下的。
Zhè kuài biǎo shì zǔfù liúxià de.
This watch was left by his grandfather.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 祖父
父 母都疼爱自己的孩子。
Fùmǔ dōu téng ài zìjǐ de háizi.
Parents all love their children dearly.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 疼爱
父 母有抚养子女的义务。
Fùmǔ yǒu fǔyǎng zǐnǚ de yìwù.
Parents have a duty to bring up their children.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 抚养
父 母供给他上完了大学。
Fùmǔ gōngjǐ tā shàng wán le dàxué.
His parents supported him through university.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 供给
他没有辜负 父 母的期望。
Tā méiyǒu gūfù fùmǔ de qīwàng.
He did not let his parents' hopes down.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 辜负
父 亲的话一直激励着他。
Fùqīn de huà yìzhí jīlìzhe tā.
His father's words have always spurred him on.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 激励
他把 父 亲埋葬在了故乡。
Tā bǎ fùqīn máizàng zài le gùxiāng.
He buried his father in his home town.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 埋葬
他跟 父 亲学了一门手艺。
Tā gēn fùqīn xué le yì mén shǒuyì.
He learned a craft from his father.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 手艺
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父 appears in 46 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
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How is 父 used in a sentence?
This page shows 46 sentences using 父 (fù, "Father"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 父 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 父 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 父?
The dictionary page for 父 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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