老丈人 in English lao3 zhang4 ren5 Meaning

Meanings

• (informally) father-in-law (wife's father)

Pinyin

lao3 zhang4 ren5

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

老lao3prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity 丈zhang4measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) 人ren2man