FU

That many of the roughly 400 morphemes that make up the Chinese language can have meanings that are opposite to each other is well illustrates with the morpheme 'fu', which, depending on its pronunciation can mean 'father' (fourth tone), 'wife' (fourth tone), and 'husband' (first tone).

fu(1)

夫 = husband

fu(2)

服 = clothes

The two-character designation for clothes is much more common:

衣服 = yi(1)fu(-) = clothes

fu(3)

fu(4)

复 = to copy

The Windows operating system uses the two-character term for the 'copy' command:

复制 = fu(4)zhi(4) = to copy

父 = father

For clarity, the two-character term is more commonly used:

父亲 = fu(4)qin(1) = father

亲 = qin(1) = a relative, specifically a blood relative

妇 = married woman

妇科 = fu(4)ke(1) = gynaecology

付 = to pay

富 = rich