Phrase guide

filial piety

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The virtue of showing respect and doing good deeds for one's parents, elders, and ancestors, as understood in Confucian ethics and commonly observed in the Sinosphere.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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History

Etymology

From filial + piety.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بِرّ اَلْوَالِدَيْن (birr al-wālidayn) — respect to one's parents and ancestors
  • Bulgarian: си́новна почти́телност (sínovna počtítelnost) — respect to one's parents and ancestors
  • Catalan: pietat filial — respect to one's parents and ancestors
  • Chinese Mandarin: 孝 (xiào) — respect to one's parents and ancestors
  • Chinese Mandarin: 孝心 (xiàoxīn) — respect to one's parents and ancestors
  • Chinese Mandarin: 孝順 /孝顺 (xiàoshùn) — respect to one's parents and ancestors
  • Chinese Mandarin: 孝道 (xiàodào) — respect to one's parents and ancestors
  • Chinese Mandarin: 盡孝 /尽孝 (jìnxiào) — respect to one's parents and ancestors
  • Chinese Mandarin: 孝敬 (xiàojìng) — respect to one's parents and ancestors
  • Chinese Mandarin: 孝行 (xiàoxíng) — respect to one's parents and ancestors
  • Czech: úcta k stáří — respect to one's parents and ancestors
  • Dutch: kinderlijke gehoorzaamheid — respect to one's parents and ancestors
  • Finnish: vanhempien kunnioitus — respect to one's parents and ancestors
  • French: piété filiale — respect to one's parents and ancestors
  • German: kindliche Pietät — respect to one's parents and ancestors
  • Indonesian: berbakti — respect to one's parents and ancestors
  • Japanese: 親孝行 (oyakōkō) — respect to one's parents and ancestors
  • Korean: 효행 (hyohaeng) — respect to one's parents and ancestors
  • Korean: 효심 (hyosim) — respect to one's parents and ancestors
  • Korean: 효도 (hyodo) — respect to one's parents and ancestors
  • Korean: 효 (hyo) — respect to one's parents and ancestors
  • Portuguese: piedade filial — respect to one's parents and ancestors
  • Russian: сыно́вняя почти́тельность (synóvnjaja počtítelʹnostʹ) — respect to one's parents and ancestors
  • Serbo-Croatian: štovanje starijih — respect to one's parents and ancestors
  • Spanish: piedad filial — respect to one's parents and ancestors
  • Vietnamese: lòng hiếu thảo — respect to one's parents and ancestors
  • Vietnamese: hiếu thảo — respect to one's parents and ancestors
  • Vietnamese: hiếu — respect to one's parents and ancestors
  • Vietnamese: chữ hiếu — respect to one's parents and ancestors