爸爸

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Chinese

		father; dad; pa father; dad; pa; papa	father; dad; pa father; dad; pa; papa
simp. and trad. (爸爸)		爸	爸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bàba

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˋ ˙ㄅㄚ

  (Chengdu, SP): ba² ba^2-1

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa^1-4 baa¹, baa¹ baa¹
• Min Nan (POJ): pa-pa / pa-pah / pā-pâ / pā-pā / pâ-pâ / pá-pah
• Wu (Wiktionary): pa pa (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bàba
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˋ ˙ㄅㄚ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bah.ba
    • IPA ^(key): /pa̠⁵¹ b̥a̠¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ba² ba^2-1
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: baba
    • IPA ^(key): /pa²¹ pa²¹⁻⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: baa^1-4 baa¹, baa¹ baa¹
    • Yale: bàh bā, bā bā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa^1-4 baa¹, baa¹ baa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba⁴ ba¹, ba¹ ba¹
    • IPA ^(key): /paː⁵⁵⁻²¹ paː⁵⁵/, /paː⁵⁵ paː⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 巴巴 爸爸 粑粑

Note:

• baa1-4 baa1 - vernacular;
• baa1 baa1 - literary.

Min Nan

• (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Taipei, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Magong)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pa-pa
  • Tâi-lô: pa-pa
  • Phofsit Daibuun: pa'paf
  • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pa⁴⁴⁻²² pa⁴⁴/
  • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pa⁴⁴⁻³³ pa⁴⁴/
• (Hokkien: Tainan)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pa-pah
  • Tâi-lô: pa-pah
  • Phofsit Daibuun: pa'paq
• (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pā-pâ
  • Tâi-lô: pā-pâ
  • Phofsit Daibuun: paxpaa
  • IPA (Xiamen): /pa²²⁻²¹ pa²⁴/
• (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pā-pā
  • Tâi-lô: pā-pā
  • Phofsit Daibuun: paxpa
  • IPA (Xiamen): /pa²²⁻²¹ pa²²/
• (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Philippines)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pâ-pâ
  • Tâi-lô: pâ-pâ
  • Phofsit Daibuun: pa'paa
  • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Philippines): /pa²⁴⁻²² pa²⁴/
• (Hokkien: Hsinchu, Taichung)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pá-pah
  • Tâi-lô: pá-pah
  • Phofsit Daibuun: pafpaq

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: pa pa (T1)
  • IPA ^(key): /pa̱⁵⁵ pa̱²¹/

Noun

爸爸

1. (informal) dad; papa (Classifier: 個／个; 位)

   我爸爸告訴我去哪兒。 [MSC, trad.]
   我爸爸告诉我去哪儿。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ bàbà gàosù wǒ qù nǎr. [Pinyin]

   My dad told me where to go.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 爸爸 (“dad (face-to-face)”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		父、爺
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		父親
Mandarin	Beijing	爸爸、爸、爹
	Taiwan	爸爸、爸
	Harbin	爸爸、爸、爹
	Shenyang	爸爸
	Jinan	爸爸、爹、大 Hui、大大 Hui
	Muping	爹、爸爸
	Luoyang	爹、爸爸
	Jiedian	爸、爹
	Xi'an	爸、達 Hui
	Zhengzhou	伯、達 Hui or suburbs
	Xining	阿達、達達、爹
	Xuzhou	答答、爸爸
	Yinchuan	爹、爸爸
	Lanzhou	爹、爸爸
	Ürümqi	爸爸、爹、爹爹、達、阿達 Hui
	Wuhan	爸爸、爹 dated、伯伯 dated
	Huanggang	伯
	Chengdu	爸爸、爸
	Guiyang	爸爸、爹 dated
	Liuzhou	爸、阿爸、爹
	Kunming	爸爸
	Yangzhou	爸爸、爹爹
	Nanjing	爹、爸爸、伯伯
	Hefei	伯伯
	Nantong	父、父啊、爸
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	達達、達、阿達
Cantonese	Guangzhou	阿爸、爸爸、爹哋
	Hong Kong	阿爸、爸爸、爸、爹哋
	Shunde	阿爹
	Foshan	阿爸
	Zhongshan	阿爸
	Dongguan	阿爸、阿叔、老豆、爸爸 childish、爹哋 childish、爸B childish、阿大 rare
	Hong Kong (Weitou)	阿爸
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	阿爸
	Doumen	阿爸
	Taishan	阿爸、阿爹、阿爺
	Kaiping	阿爹
	Yangjiang	阿爸
	Kuala Lumpur	老豆、阿爸、爹哋
Gan	Nanchang	爸爸、爺
	Lichuan	爺、伯伯
	Pingxiang	爺爺、爹爹、爸爸
Hakka	Meixian	阿爸
	Xingning	阿爸
	Huidong	阿爸
	Qujiang	阿爸
	Xiaosanjiang	阿爸
	Changting	爹爹、哥哥
	Pingyu	爸
	Wuping	阿哥、伯
	Liancheng	伯
	Ninghua	哥哥
	Yudu	爸爸
	Ruijin	爹爹、爹子
	Shicheng	爹、爸爸
	Shangyou	爸爸
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	阿爸
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	阿爸
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	阿爸
	Dongshi (Dabu)	阿爸
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	阿爸
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	阿怙
	Hong Kong	阿爸
	Senai	阿爸
	Sabah (Longchuan)	阿爸
	Singkawang	阿爸
Huizhou	Jixi	伯伯、爹
	Shexian	伯、爺、相
	Tunxi	爹、爺、爸
	Xiuning	爺、阿爺
	Yixian	爹爹、爸爸、官人
	Qimen	爺兒、伯兒
	Wuyuan	爸爸、爺
Jin	Taiyuan	爸爸、大大、大、爹
	Pingyao	爹
Min Bei	Jian'ou	爸爸、爺爺 dated
Min Dong	Fuzhou	依爹、依爸、依爺 dated
	Matsu	依爹
Min Nan	Xiamen	阿爸、阿叔 euphemistic
	Quanzhou	阿爸、阿叔 euphemistic
	Zhangzhou	阿爸、阿官、阿叔 euphemistic、娘爸 dated
	Taipei	爸爸、阿爸
	Kaohsiung	爸爸、阿丈、阿爸、阿將
	Tainan	多桑、爸爸、阿叔、阿爸、俺二仔、俺爹
	Taichung	爸爸
	Hsinchu	阿爹、爸爸
	Lukang	阿府、阿爸
	Sanxia	老歲仔、老的、阿爸
	Yilan	阿丈、阿叔、阿爸
	Kinmen	俺爹、俺爸
	Magong	阿爸、爹、二仔、爸爸
	Penang	阿爸、爸、爸爸
	Philippines (Manila)	爸爸
	Chaozhou	阿爸、阿爹
	Haikou	阿爹、阿兄、阿官、阿爸
	Leizhou	阿
Pinghua	Nanning	爸、數字、數老、阿叔 dated
Wu	Shanghai	爸爸、老爸、爹爹 dated、阿伯 dated
	Suzhou	爹爹
	Hangzhou	爹、阿伯、爸爸
	Wenzhou	阿爸、阿伯、阿大
	Chongming	爹爹、阿爹 uncommon、爺、爺爺
	Danyang	爹爹、爹、爸爸
	Jinhua	伯伯、爹爹、爸爸
	Tangxi	伯
	Ningbo	阿伯、爸爸
Xiang	Changsha	爹爹、爺爺、爺
	Shuangfeng	爹爹、爺
	Loudi	爹爹

Dialectal synonyms of 爸爸 (“father (non-face-to-face)”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		父、爺
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		父親
Mandarin	Beijing	爸爸、爸、爹
	Taiwan	爸爸、爸
	Harbin	爸爸、爸、爹
	Shenyang	爸爸
	Jinan	爸爸、爹、大 Hui、大大 Hui
	Muping	爹、爸爸
	Luoyang	爹、爸爸
	Jiedian	爸、爹
	Xi'an	爸、達 Hui
	Xining	阿達、達達、爹
	Xuzhou	答答、爸爸、老頭兒、老頭子
	Yinchuan	爹、爸爸
	Lanzhou	爹、爸爸、老子、老爹
	Ürümqi	爸爸、先人、老爹、達、達當子
	Wuhan	爸爸、老子、老頭、爹 dated、伯伯 dated、點頭磕 dated、父老二 dated, casual、八叉 dated, slang
	Chengdu	爸爸、爸、老頭兒、老把子、老漢兒
	Guiyang	爸爸、老爹、老者、老者者
	Liuzhou	老爹、爹老、爺老、老頭子
	Kunming	爸爸
	Yangzhou	爸爸、爹爹、老子
	Nanjing	爹、爸爸、伯伯
	Hefei	伯伯
	Nantong	爸
Cantonese	Guangzhou	老豆、爸爸、阿爸
	Hong Kong	老豆、爸爸、阿爸、爹哋
	Dongguan	老豆、阿爸、老子、爸爸 childish、爹哋 childish、爸B childish
	Yangjiang	阿爹
Gan	Nanchang	爸爸、老子、爺老子
	Lichuan	爺、家父
	Pingxiang	爺老子
Hakka	Meixian	阿爸、爺仔
	Yudu	爺老
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	阿爸
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	阿爸
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	阿爸
	Dongshi (Dabu)	阿爸
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	阿爸
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	阿怙
Huizhou	Jixi	老子
Jin	Taiyuan	老子、大大、大、爹
Min Bei	Jian'ou	爹
Min Dong	Fuzhou	郎爸
Min Nan	Xiamen	老爸
	Quanzhou	老爸
	Zhangzhou	老爸
	Taipei	老爸
	Kaohsiung	老爸
	Tainan	老爸、俺爸
	Taichung	老爸、爸爸
	Hsinchu	老爸、阿爹、爸爸
	Lukang	老爸
	Sanxia	老爸、阿爸
	Yilan	老爸
	Kinmen	俺爹
	Magong	老爸
	Penang	老爸、阿爸、爸、爸爸、爹、老的
	Philippines (Manila)	老爸
	Chaozhou	阿父
	Haikou	爸
	Leizhou	尼阿
Pinghua	Nanning	爸、老子、數字、數老、阿叔 dated
Wu	Shanghai	爸爸、老爸、爹爹 dated、阿伯 dated
	Suzhou	爺
	Hangzhou	爹、阿伯、爸爸、老子
	Wenzhou	阿爸、阿伯
	Chongming	爺、爺爺
	Danyang	爹爹、爹、爸爸
	Jinhua	爺
	Ningbo	爹、阿爹、阿伯、爸爸、老頭子
Xiang	Changsha	爺老倌、爺老子、爹爹、爺爺、爺
	Shuangfeng	爹爹
	Loudi	爹爹、爺老倌、爺老子、爺、老人家