translations of: "hing fu", "jiu fu"

[Rik]

Any help on these translations is greatly appreciated of "hing fu" and "jiu fu" in to English. Thank you so much

[Lisa c]

I'm not sure if there is a translation in English.

Jiu fu, used in the context of guests, elders or seniors I guess would be host or take care of. Ensuring a dinner guest is served and needs taken care of. If someone were to come into town taking them around sightseeing, dinner, really old fashioned hosts would take vacation and take the guest around 24/7.

[Rik]

Any ideas on "hing fu"?

[suzi]

hing fu sounds awfully similar to ting fu

i was told that was god when i was a little girl--any other ideas out there???


good luck!Rik wrote:

> Any ideas on "hing fu"?

[馬克回禮驗算]

,,,maybe xing fu? "happiness" 幸福

[mag0506]

jiu1 fu1 means kind of to entertain or host for someone

hing1 fu3 means what you said

the hing1 character in this case means increase or rise
fu3 means wealth

hing1 fu3 could be like a blessing you would say at new year or something to bless someone to be prosperous

i hope that helps

[mag0506]

the characters given in that other reply are

hang6 fuk1 which would mean blessed

the fu3 in hing1 fu3 is a slightly different character

[mag0506]

興富 hing1 fu3

[Garrinso]

Quite right. when i was in China the host used this phrase while showing me the town