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Shifu" is in fact the English spelling of two similar but distinct Chinese words (师傅; shīfù and 师父; shīfu). The only phonetic difference between the two words is the tone of the second syllable. Because English is not a tonal language, in English texts the two words are usually written the same way.
Shifu or sifu (师父 or 师傅) is a Chinese title for a teacher or skilled tradesman. Shifu may also refer to: The Final Master (Shifu), 2015 Chinese film; Liu Shifu (劉師復), Chinese anarchist and Esperantist, sometimes mononymously known as Shifu; Master Shifu, character in the Kung Fu Panda franchise
Shīgōng (Sigung) 師公 (teacher grandfather), used when addressing the teacher of one's Shifu. Shīmǔ ( Simo ) 師母 (teacher mother), used when addressing the wife of Shifu. Zōngshī 宗師 (ancestral teacher), technically the founder of a discipline or branch (宗派), used when addressing a great master.
The term Shifu is a combination of the characters "teacher" and "father" (師父) or a combination of the characters "teacher" and "mentor" (師傅). The traditional Chinese martial arts school, or kwoon (館, guǎn) is an extended family headed by the Shifu. The Shifu's teacher is the "師公 honorable master" or Shigong.
The knowledge of this spelling may be useful when spelling Western names, especially over the phone, as one may not be understood if the letters are pronounced as they are in English. Letter Spelling [ 1 ]
First edition (publ. Arcade Publishing) Shifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh (original title: 师傅越来越幽默 [1] ）is a 2001 collection of novellas by Nobel Prize in Literature winning author Mo Yan.
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Liu Shifu (Chinese: 劉師復; Wade–Giles: Liu Shih-fu; Jyutping: Lau Si Fuk; born Liu Shaobin; [1] [2] 27 June 1884 – 27 March 1915) also known as Sifu, was a Chinese assassin and politician. He was an Esperantist and an influential figure in the Chinese revolutionary movement in the early twentieth century, and in the Chinese anarchist ...