| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
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| Classical Chinese
|
祖父
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
祖父
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| Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
爺爺
|
| Taiwan
|
爺爺, 阿公
|
| Tianjin
|
爺爺
|
| Ulanhot
|
爺爺
|
| Tongliao
|
爺爺
|
| Chifeng
|
爺爺
|
| Bayanhot
|
爺爺
|
| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
爺爺
|
| Harbin
|
爺, 爺爺
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| Shenyang
|
爺, 爺爺
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| Yantai (Muping)
|
爺, 爺爺
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| Qingdao
|
爺爺
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| Jinan
|
爺爺
|
| Luoyang
|
爺
|
| Wanrong
|
爺
|
| Zhengzhou
|
爺爺, 爺 non-face-to-face
|
| Xi'an
|
爺, 把把 Hui
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| Yinchuan
|
爺爺
|
| Lanzhou
|
爺爺
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| Xining
|
爺爺, 爺, 爺兒
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| Ürümqi
|
爺爺, 阿爺 Hui, face-to-face
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| Wuhan
|
爹爹, 爺爺
|
| Huanggang
|
爹爹
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| Chengdu
|
爺爺, 爺
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| Guiyang
|
太爺, 老太爺, 爺爺
|
| Kunming
|
老爹
|
| Guilin
|
爺爺
|
| Liuzhou
|
阿公, 公, 爺爺
|
| Xuzhou
|
爺爺
|
| Yangzhou
|
爹爹
|
| Nanjing
|
爺爺, 把把 Hui
|
| Hefei
|
爹爹
|
| Nantong
|
爹爹
|
| Singapore
|
爺爺
|
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
|
爺爺
|
| Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)
|
把把
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
阿爺, 爺爺 face-to-face
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| Hong Kong
|
阿爺, 爺爺
|
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
|
阿公, 阿爺
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| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
|
爺公 face-to-face, 阿公 non-face-to-face, 阿爺 non-face-to-face
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| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
阿公
|
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
阿公
|
| Macau
|
阿爺
|
| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
阿爺
|
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
阿爺
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
阿公
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
阿公, 阿爺
|
| Foshan
|
阿爺
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
阿爺
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
阿爺
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
阿爺
|
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
阿公
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
阿公
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan)
|
阿公
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
|
阿公
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
阿公
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
阿公
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
阿公
|
| Taishan
|
阿爺
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
阿爺
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
阿爺
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
阿爺
|
| Dongguan
|
阿公, 阿爺
|
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
阿公, 阿爺
|
| Qingyuan
|
阿公
|
| Fogang
|
阿公
|
| Yingde (Hanguang)
|
阿公
|
| Yangshan
|
阿公
|
| Lianshan (Butian)
|
吾蒙
|
| Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)
|
阿公
|
| Shaoguan
|
阿公, 阿爺
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
阿公, 阿爺
|
| Renhua
|
阿公, 阿爺
|
| Lechang
|
阿爺
|
| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
|
爺爺
|
| Sihui
|
阿公, 阿爺
|
| Guangning
|
阿公
|
| Deqing
|
阿翁, 阿爺
|
| Huaiji
|
阿公
|
| Fengkai (Nanfeng)
|
翁
|
| Yunfu
|
阿爺
|
| Xinxing
|
阿爺
|
| Luoding
|
阿爺
|
| Yunan (Pingtai)
|
阿公
|
| Yangjiang
|
阿公, 阿爺
|
| Xinyi
|
阿公
|
| Maoming (Xinpo)
|
阿公
|
| Lianjiang
|
阿公, 公爹
|
| Wuchuan (Wuyang)
|
爹, 阿爹
|
| Nanning
|
阿公, 爺爺
|
| Wuzhou
|
爺爺, 阿爺
|
| Yulin
|
阿公, 阿爺
|
| Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
阿公
|
| Danzhou
|
爸
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
阿爺
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
阿爺, 爺爺
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
阿爺
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
公公, 爺爺
|
| Lichuan
|
公, 公兒
|
| Pingxiang
|
公公
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
阿公
|
| Xingning
|
阿公
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
|
阿公
|
| Huiyang
|
阿公
|
| Huidong (Daling)
|
阿公
|
| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
阿公
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
阿公
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
阿公
|
| Wuhua (Shuizhai)
|
阿公
|
| Wuhua (Huacheng)
|
阿公
|
| Wuhua (Changbu)
|
阿公
|
| Wuhua (Mianyang)
|
阿公
|
| Wuhua (Meilin)
|
阿公
|
| Heyuan (Bendihua)
|
阿公
|
| Wengyuan
|
阿公
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
公爹
|
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
阿公
|
| Liannan
|
公
|
| Conghua (Lütian)
|
阿公
|
| Jiexi
|
阿公
|
| Luhe
|
阿公
|
| Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
|
阿公
|
| Changting
|
公爹
|
| Wuping
|
公爹
|
| Wuping (Yanqian)
|
公爹
|
| Wuping (Pingyu)
|
阿公
|
| Liancheng
|
爹
|
| Ninghua
|
公公
|
| Yudu
|
公爹 non-face-to-face, 公公 face-to-face
|
| Ningdu
|
公公
|
| Ruijin
|
公公, 公
|
| Shicheng
|
公, 公公
|
| Shangyou (Shexi)
|
爹爹, 阿爹
|
| Tonggu (Sandu)
|
公爹
|
| Ganzhou (Panlong)
|
爹爹
|
| Dayu
|
爹爹
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
阿公
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
阿公
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
阿公
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
阿爹, 阿公
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
阿公
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
阿公
|
| Hong Kong
|
阿公
|
| Yangxi (Tangkou)
|
阿公
|
| Yangchun (Sanjia)
|
阿公
|
| Xinyi (Sihe)
|
阿公
|
| Xinyi (Qianpai)
|
阿公
|
| Gaozhou (Xindong)
|
阿公
|
| Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
|
阿公
|
| Huazhou (Xin'an)
|
阿公
|
| Lianjiang (Shijiao)
|
阿公
|
| Lianjiang (Qingping)
|
阿公
|
| Mengshan (Xihe)
|
公
|
| Luchuan
|
阿公
|
| Luchuan (Daqiao)
|
阿公
|
| Sabah (Longchuan)
|
阿公
|
| Senai (Huiyang)
|
阿公
|
| Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)
|
阿公
|
| Singkawang
|
阿公
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
朝, 阿朝 face-to-face
|
| Shexian
|
朝, 朝朝, 朝奉, 老奉
|
| Tunxi
|
朝朝, 老朝兒
|
| Xiuning
|
阿朝, 阿爹
|
| Yixian
|
老官
|
| Qimen
|
老兒
|
| Wuyuan
|
朝朝
|
| Fuliang
|
公公, 大大
|
| Dexing
|
老爹
|
| Jingde
|
公公
|
| Shitai (Xianyu)
|
大大
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
爺爺
|
| Pingyao
|
爺爺
|
| Xinzhou
|
爺爺 non-face-to-face, 爺爺啊 face-to-face, 呀爺 face-to-face
|
| Taibus (Baochang)
|
爺爺
|
| Linhe
|
爺爺
|
| Jining
|
爺爺
|
| Hohhot
|
爺爺
|
| Baotou
|
爺爺
|
| Dongsheng
|
爺爺
|
| Haibowan
|
爺爺
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
公公, 爹爹, 老爹 face-to-face, 爺爺 new-style
|
| Jian'ou (Dikou)
|
阿公
|
| Songxi
|
家公
|
| Zhenghe
|
公仔
|
| Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
|
公
|
| Jianyang
|
爹爹
|
| Wuyishan
|
爹爹
|
| Pucheng (Shibei)
|
公爹
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
依公, 公
|
| Changle
|
依公
|
| Fuqing
|
阿公
|
| Yongtai
|
依公
|
| Gutian
|
公
|
| Fu'an
|
公
|
| Ningde
|
翁
|
| Zhouning
|
阿翁
|
| Fuding
|
阿公
|
| Matsu
|
依公
|
| Singapore (Fuqing)
|
阿公
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
阿公, 俺公, 內公 non-face-to-face
|
| Xiamen (Tong'an)
|
阿公
|
| Quanzhou
|
阿公, 引公, 內公 non-face-to-face
|
| Jinjiang
|
俺公, 引公
|
| Yongchun
|
阿公, 公
|
| Zhangzhou
|
阿公, 咉公, 內公 non-face-to-face
|
| Zhao'an
|
公
|
| Taipei
|
阿公, 俺公, 內公 non-face-to-face; mT
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
阿公
|
| Kaohsiung
|
阿公
|
| Yilan
|
阿公
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
阿公, 俺公
|
| Taichung
|
阿公
|
| Taichung (Wuqi)
|
阿公
|
| Tainan
|
阿公
|
| Taitung
|
阿公
|
| Hsinchu
|
阿公
|
| Kinmen
|
俺公
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
阿公
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
阿公, 公, 內公
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
俺公, 阿公, 內公
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
俺公, 內公 non-face-to-face
|
| Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
阿公
|
| Chaozhou
|
阿公
|
| Shantou
|
阿公
|
| Shantou (Chenghai)
|
阿公
|
| Jieyang
|
阿公
|
| Haifeng
|
阿公, 公
|
| Bangkok (Teochew)
|
阿公
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)
|
內公
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
阿公
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
阿公
|
| Batam (Teochew)
|
阿公
|
| Leizhou
|
尼公, 祖公, 公 face-to-face
|
| Wenchang
|
公
|
| Haikou
|
爸 non-face-to-face, 公 non-face-to-face, 阿爸 face-to-face, 阿公 face-to-face
|
| Singapore (Hainanese)
|
阿公
|
| Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
阿公
|
| Xianyou
|
阿公
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
爹, 太公, 阿爹, 阿公
|
| Northern Pinghua
|
Guilin (Dahe)
|
爹爹
|
| Shehua
|
Fu'an
|
翁
|
| Fuding
|
阿公
|
| Luoyuan
|
阿公
|
| Sanming
|
阿公
|
| Shunchang
|
阿翁
|
| Hua'an
|
公
|
| Cangnan
|
公
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
老爹, 爺爺
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
裡公
|
| Suzhou
|
阿爹
|
| Wuxi
|
爺爺
|
| Danyang
|
爺爺
|
| Hangzhou
|
爹爹, 爺爺, 阿爹
|
| Ningbo
|
阿爺
|
| Wenzhou
|
阿爺, 祖公 non-face-to-face, 祖公爺 non-face-to-face
|
| Jinhua
|
爺爺
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
爹爹, 爺爺, 公公
|
| Xiangtan
|
公公, 公毑
|
| Loudi
|
阿公, 公公, 佳佳
|
| Shuangfeng
|
公公
|
| Quanzhou
|
爹爹
|
| Note
|
mT - mainstream Taiwanese (no particular region identified)
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