丈人

zhàngrén
  1. wife's father (father-in-law)
  2. old man

CEDICT

  1. (archaic) head of a household; family head; patriarch
  2. (archaic) paternal grandfather (one's father's father)
  3. (archaic) venerable old man
  4. (archaic, of a married woman) one's husband
  5. head of a household; family head; patriarch
  6. one's husband
  7. paternal grandfather (one's father's father)
  8. venerable old man

Wiktionary

  1. 長老或老成的人。
  2. 稱謂。古稱祖父。
  3. 星名。

重編國語辭典

Homographs

丈人 zhàngren

Entry Composition

1 丈 zhàng
  1. measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m)
  2. to measure
  3. husband
  4. polite appellation for an older male
2 人 rén person; people

classifiers: 個, 位

Containing this entry

叔丈人 shūzhàngrén wife's uncle

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