1. (literary) alternative form of 甫 (“honorific suffix used after a man's name; courtesy name”)
2. (literary, respectful) old man; elderly man
3. a surname
4. alternative form of 甫 (“honorific suffix used after a man's name; courtesy name”)
5. old man; elderly man

classifier: 筆

1. son
2. child
3. seed
4. egg
5. small thing
6. 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat
7. viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 wǔděngjuéwèi
8. ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
9. subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-

1. to repay
2. to compensate for
3. to recompense
4. to fulfill (hopes etc)