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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.
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.
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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
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