tin1 fu6天父
Jyutpingtin1 fu6
Yaletīn fuh
Definition
The Heavenly Father; God the Father in Christianity or a male deity in folk religion.
- Heavenly Father; God the Father in Christianity
- A male deity representing heaven in folk religion, paired with Mother Earth
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How it's used
Used almost exclusively by Christians in Hong Kong to refer to God as a loving, paternal figure. It carries a sense of intimacy and personal relationship that is absent in more formal or abstract terms like 上帝. You will hear it frequently in prayers, hymns, and church settings.
Examples
God will bless you.
Did you pray to God today?
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
