阿爸

Chinese

		(phonetic character); (final part.); (interj.) (phonetic character); (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	father; dad; pa father; dad; pa; papa
simp. and trad. (阿爸)		阿	爸

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ābà

(Zhuyin): ㄚㄅㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ baa^1-4, aa³ baa¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): â-pâ
Min Nan (POJ): a-pah / a-pa / a-pâ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: ābà
  - Zhuyin: ㄚㄅㄚˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: abah
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ pä⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    阿壩／阿坝
    阿爸
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: aa³ baa^1-4, aa³ baa¹
  - Yale: a bàh, a bā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ baa^1-4, aa³ baa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: a³ ba⁴, a³ ba¹
  - IPA ^(key): /äː³³ päː⁵⁵⁻²¹/, /äː³³ päː⁵⁵/

Note: aa3 baa1 - esp. for "Abba".

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: â-pâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: a´ ba´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: a¹ ba¹
  - IPA: /a²⁴⁻¹¹ pa²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Lukang, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-pah
  - Tâi-lô: a-pah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: a'paq
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ paʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Sanxia, Taipei, Yilan, Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-pa
  - Tâi-lô: a-pa
  - Phofsit Daibuun: a'paf
  - IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ pa⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Lukang, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-pâ
  - Tâi-lô: a-pâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: a'paa

Noun

阿爸

(regional) dad; papa
小剛的阿爸是全寨子的山歌王。 [MSC, trad.]
小刚的阿爸是全寨子的山歌王。 [MSC, simp.]
Xiǎo Gāng de ābà shì quán zhàizi de shāngē wáng. [Pinyin]
Little Gang's father is the king of folk singing in his village.

我忙到阿爸姓乜都唔知。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
Ngo⁵ mong⁴ dou³ aa³ baa^1-4 sing³ mat¹ dou¹ m⁴ zi¹. [Jyutping]
I'm so busy I can't even remember my dad’s surname.
(Christianity) Abba

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
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	阿爸
	Foshan	阿爸
	Shunde	阿爹
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	阿爸
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	阿爸
	Doumen	阿爸
	Taishan	阿爸, 阿爹, 阿爺
	Kaiping (Chikan)	阿爹
	Dongguan	阿爸, 阿叔, 老豆, 爸爸 childish, 爹哋 childish, 爸B childish, 阿大 rare
	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
Jin	Pingyao	爹
Min Bei	Jian'ou	爸爸, 爺爺 dated
Min Dong	Fuzhou	依爹, 依爸, 依爺 dated
Min Dong	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

References

“Entry #4574”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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