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shih-fu

shih-fu is the alternative form of shifu.

Meaning of shifu

Noun

shifu (plural shifu or shifus)

  1. Synonym of sifu: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
    • I thank Shifu Dr. Hong, Tao-Tze and my Tai Ji Men brothers and sisters because Shifu teaches me to respect each other and do things to help other people and Tai Ji Men brothers and sisters look after me and help me.2019, Michelle Shen, The Lonely Shark, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    sifu

Origin of shih-fu

From Mandarin 師傅 /师傅 Wade–Giles romanization: shih¹-fu⁴.

Questions about shih-fu

What is shih-fu the alternative form of?
Shih-fu is the alternative form of shifu.

Words near shih-fu in the dictionary

  1. Shih
  2. shih tzu
  3. shih tzus
  4. Shih-chia-chuang
  5. Shih-ching
  6. shih-fu
  7. Shih-ho-tzu
  8. shih-poo
  9. shih-poos
  10. Shih-shou
  11. shih-tzu

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shih-fu (page history and authors); shifu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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