# 爸

| 爸 | U+7238, &#29240; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7238 |
| ← 爷 [U+7237] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 爹 → [U+7239] |

## Translingual
### Han character

爸 (Kangxi radical 88, 父+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 金大日山 (CKAU), four-corner 8071$_7$, composition ⿱父巴)

#### Derived characters

* 𫏒

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 690, character 3
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19723
* Dae Jaweon: page 1103, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2039, character 5
* Unihan data for U+7238

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 巴 | *praː |
| 芭 | *praː |
| 笆 | *praː, *braːʔ |
| 豝 | *praː |
| 鈀 | *praː, *pʰraː |
| 吧 | *praː, *pʰraː |
| 蚆 | *praː, *pʰraː |
| 疤 | *praː |
| 把 | *praːʔ |
| 爸 | *praːs, *baʔ |
| 弝 | *praːs |
| 靶 | *praːs |
| 葩 | *pʰraː |
| 舥 | *pʰraː |
| 妑 | *pʰraː |
| 帊 | *pʰraːs |
| 琶 | *braː |
| 爬 | *braː |
| 杷 | *braː, *braːs, *braːs |
| 跁 | *braːʔ, *braːs |
| 耙 | *braːs |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *praːs, *baʔ) : semantic 父 (“father”) + phonetic 巴 (OC *praː).

### Etymology

Colloquial form of 父 (OC *baʔ, “father”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *p/ba (“male; father”). The pronunciation of 爸, unlike 父, still retains the bilabial onset.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): bà (ba$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ba$^2$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): baa$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pâ
* Eastern Min (BUC): bă / bâ
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pē / pě / pēe / pâ / pa / pā / pǎ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bê$^6$ / ba$^1$ / ba$^5$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^1$pa
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ba$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bà
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bà
*** Wade–Giles: pa$^4$
*** Yale: bà
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bah
*** Palladius: ба (ba)
*** Sinological IPA : /pä⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ba$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ba
*** Sinological IPA : /pa²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: baa$^1$
*** Yale: bā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: baa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ba$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /paː⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pâ
*** Hakka Romanization System: ba$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ba$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /pa²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: bă / bâ
*** Sinological IPA : /pa⁵⁵/, /pɑ²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pē
*** Tâi-lô: pē
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pe
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pe²²/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pe³³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pě
*** Tâi-lô: pě
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pe²²/
*** IPA (Jinjiang): /pe³³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pēe
*** Tâi-lô: pēe
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ²²/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pâ
*** Tâi-lô: pâ
*** Phofsit Daibuun: paa
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei): /pa²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pa
*** Tâi-lô: pa
*** Phofsit Daibuun: paf
*** IPA (Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pa⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pā
*** Tâi-lô: pā
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pa
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pa⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pa²²/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pa³³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pǎ
*** Tâi-lô: pǎ
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pa²²/
* Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taiwan:
** pē/pēe - vernacular (also written as 父);
** pâ/pa - vernacular;
** pā - literary.
* Quanzhou:
** pě - vernacular (also written as 父);
** pâ, pā - vernacular;
** pǎ - literary.
* Middle Chinese: baX
Rime :
| Character | 爸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 戈 (95) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 捕可切 |
| Baxter | baX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /buɑ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /buɑ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /buɑ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bwa$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /buɑ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /buɑ$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱuɑ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bò |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bo$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*praːs/, /*baʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 爸 | 爸 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 106 | 125 |
| Phonetic component | 巴 | 巴 |
| Rime group | 魚 | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 霸 | 爸 |
| Old Chinese | /*praːs/ | /*baʔ/ |

### Definitions

爸
* (colloquial) father; dad
    我爸是李剛！／我爸是李刚！ ― Wǒ bà shì Lǐ Gāng! ― My father is Li Gang!

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 父, 爺, 嚴 honorific |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 父親 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 爸爸, 爸, 爹, 父親, 老頭兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 爸爸, 爸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 爸爸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 爸爸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 爸爸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 父親, 爸爸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 爸爸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 爸爸, 爸, 爹, 父親 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 父親, 爸爸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 父親, 爸爸, 爹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 爸爸, 爸, 爹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 爸爸, 爹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 爸爸, 父親, 爹, 阿瑪 dated, Manchus |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 父親, 爸爸, 爸, 爹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 爸爸, 爸, 爹哋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 爸爸, 爸, 老爸 <> |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 爸爸, 老爸, 爹 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 父親, 爸爸, 爹 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 爸爸, 爹, 伯 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 爸爸 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 爸爸, 爹 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 爹 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 爸爸, 爹, 大 Hui, 大大 Hui |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 爸爸 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 父親, 爸爸, 爸, 爹 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 爹 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 爹, 爸爸 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 爸爸, 爹 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 大大, 爺, 爸爸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 爹, 爸爸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 爹, 大 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 爸爸, 大 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 爸, 爹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 爸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 爸爸, 爹, 大 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 父親, 爸爸, 爹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 爹, 伯, 達 Hui or suburbs |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 爸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 父親, 爹, 爸爸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 爸, 爸爸, 達 Hui |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 父親, 爸, 爹, 伯 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 爸爸, 大 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 阿達, 達達, 爹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yanqi | 爹, 達達 Hui, 阿達 Hui, 老爹 <> |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 答答, 爸爸, 父親 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 父親, 爹, 爸爸, 爸, 大大, 大 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 達達, 達, 阿達 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 爹, 爸爸, 父親 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 爹, 爸爸, 老子 <>, 老爹 <>, 父親 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 大大, 爸, 爹爹 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 大大 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 爸爸, 爹, 爹爹, 達, 達達, 阿達 Hui, 先人 <>, 老爹 <>, 達當子 <> |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 爸爸, 爸, 老頭兒 <>, 老把子 <>, 老漢兒 <> |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 父親, 爸爸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 爸爸, 爹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 父親, 爸爸, 爸爸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 父親, 爸爸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 父親, 大大, 爺, 爸爸, 爹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 老漢兒, 爸爸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 爸爸, 爹 dated, 伯伯 <>, dated, 老子 <>, 老頭 <>, 點頭磕 <>, dated, 父老二 <>, dated, casual, 八叉 <>, dated, slang, 父親 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 父親, 爸爸, 伯伯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 父親, 爸爸, 爹, 大大 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 爸爸, 爹 dated, 老爹 <>, 老者 <>, 老者者 <> |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 爹, 爸爸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 爸爸, 老伯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 爹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 爸爸, 爺爺, 大爹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 阿爹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 爸爸, 父親, 爹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 爸爸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 爸爸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 爸, 阿爸, 爹, 老爹 <>, 爹老 <>, 爺老 <>, 老頭子 <> |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 父親, 爸爸, 爹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 爹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 父親, 爸爸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 阿爸, 阿爹, 爸爸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 爸, 爹, 爺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 爹, 爸爸, 伯伯, 爹爹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 爸爸, 爹爹, 老子 <>, 父親 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 父親, 爸爸, 大大 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 父親, 爺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 父, 父啊, 爸, 爸爸, 爺 <> |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 父親, 爸爸, 伯伯, 大大 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 爸爸, 大大 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 伯伯, 爺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 伯 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 父親, 父, 爸爸, 伯伯, 伯 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 阿爸, 爸爸, 爹哋, 老豆 <>, 伯爺 <> |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 阿爸, 爸爸, 爸, 爹哋, 爸B, 老豆 <>, 伯爺 <> |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 阿爸, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 爹, 阿爸 <>, 爸 <> |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 爸爸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 阿爸, 爹哋, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Xinjiao, Haizhu) | 爸爸, 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Longxi, Liwan) | 阿叔, 阿爸, 阿大 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huangpu) | 阿叔, 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Xinshi, Baiyun) | 阿叔, 阿爸, 阿大, 阿伯 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Shijing, Baiyun) | 阿叔, 阿爸, 阿哥 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Jiangcun, Baiyun) | 阿叔, 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Longgui, Baiyun) | 阿叔, 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Renhe, Baiyun) | 阿叔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zhuliao, Baiyun) | 阿叔, 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zhongluotan, Baiyun) | 阿叔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Jiufo, Huangpu) | 阿叔, 阿哥 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 阿爸, 爸爸, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 爸爸, 阿叔 dated, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 阿叔, 阿伯, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 阿爸, 爸爸, 阿哥, 阿叔, 奶公, 阿爺, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 阿爸, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 阿叔, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 阿爹, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 阿爸, 阿爹, 老豆 <>, 伯爺 <>, dated |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 阿爸, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 阿爸, 老子 <>, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Huancheng) | 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Nanlang) | 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Xiaolan) | 阿爸, 阿爹 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Dongsheng, Xiaolan) | 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Tanbei, Xiaolan) | 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Henglan) | 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Dongfeng) | 阿爸, 阿爹 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Nantou) | 阿爸, 阿爹 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Fusha) | 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shalang) | 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Gangkou) | 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Huangpu) | 阿爸, 爸爸, 阿爹 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Sanjiao) | 阿大, 爸爸 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Langwang, Minzhong) | 阿爸, 爸爸, 阿爹 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Minzhong) | 阿爸, 爸爸, 阿爹 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Guzhen) | 阿爹 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Banfu) | 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Tanzhou) | 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 阿爸, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 阿爸, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 阿爸, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 阿爸, 阿爹, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 阿爸, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 阿爸, 阿爹, 阿爺, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 阿爹, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 阿爹, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 阿爸, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 阿爸, 阿叔, 老豆 <>, 爸爸 childish, 爹哋 childish, 爸B childish, 阿大 rare, 老子 <> |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 阿爸, 爸爸, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 老豆, 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 老豆, 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 阿爸, 阿爹 <>, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 老豆, 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 阿爸, 老豆, 爸爸 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang (Cheban) | 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Wuchuan (Wuyang) | 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Wuchuan (Meilu) | 老豆 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 阿爸, 爸, 老豆, 老嘢 <> |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 爸爸, 阿叔, 叔公, 阿哥, 俺老子 <>, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 爸爸, 阿公, 俺公 <> |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 爸爸, 阿叔, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 爸爸, 阿叔, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 阿爸, 阿叔, 阿哥, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 爺 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 老豆, 阿爸, 爹哋, 老頭子 <> |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 阿爸, 爸爸, 老豆 <> |
| Gan | Nanchang | 爸爸, 爺, 老子 <>, 爺老子 <> |
| Gan | Lichuan | 爺, 伯伯, 家父 <> |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 爺爺, 爹爹, 爸爸, 爺老子 <> |
| Hakka | Meixian | 阿爸, 爺仔 <> |
| Hakka | Xingning | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 阿爸, 爸爸, 老豆 <> |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 阿爸, 爸爸 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 阿爸, 爸爸 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 阿爸, 爺子 <> |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 阿爺, 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Meilin) | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 爸 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 阿爸, 父親 <> |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 爺 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Changting | 爹爹, 哥哥, 爹哩 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 阿哥, 伯 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 爺哩 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 爸 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 伯 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 哥哥, 爹 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 爸爸, 爺老 <> |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 爹 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 爹爹, 爹子 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 爹, 爸爸 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 爸爸 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 爸爸 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 爸爸 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 爸爸, 爺爺 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 阿爸, 爺仔 <> |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 阿爸, 爺仔 <> |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 阿爸, 爺仔 <> |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 阿爸, 爺仔 <> |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 阿怙, 阿爺 <> |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 老子 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 阿爸, 老子 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 阿爸, 老豆 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 阿叔, 阿爹, 阿哥, 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 老子 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 爸, 哥 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 阿爸 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 伯伯, 爹, 老子 <> |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 伯, 爺, 相, 爸爸, 大 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 爹, 爺, 爸 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 爺, 阿爺 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 爹爹, 爸爸, 官人 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 爺兒, 伯兒 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 爸爸, 爺 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 爸爸, 大大, 大, 爹, 老子 <> |
| Jin | Pingyao | 爹 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 父親, 爹, 爸爸, 爸 |
| Jin | Datong | 父親, 爸爸, 爹 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 大大, 大 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 父親, 爸爸, 爹, 老子 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 爸爸, 爹 |
| Jin | Linhe | 父親, 爸爸, 大, 老子 |
| Jin | Jining | 爸爸, 大 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 父親, 爸爸, 大, 老子 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 父親, 爸爸, 大 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 爹 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 父親, 爸爸, 爸, 爹, 大 |
| Jin | Handan | 父親, 爹 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 爹 |
| Jin | Suide | 爸爸, 老子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 爸爸, 爺爺 dated, 爹 <> |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 依爹, 依爸, 依爺 dated, 郎爸 <> |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 爸, 爸爸, 官, 阿伯, 阿哥, 阿叔 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 依爹 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 爸爸 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 阿爸, 阿叔 euphemistic, 老爸 <>, 老的 <>, 娘爸 <>, dated |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 老爸 <>, 俺爸 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 阿爸, 阿叔 euphemistic, 老爸 <>, 老的 <> |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 老爸 <> |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 阿爸, 阿官, 阿叔 euphemistic, 老爸 <>, 老的 <>, 娘爸 <>, dated |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 娘爸 <> |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 爸, 老大 <>, 老爸 <> |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 爸爸, 阿爸, 老爸 <> |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 老歲仔, 老的, 阿爸, 老爸 <> |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 爸爸, 阿丈, 阿爸, 阿將, 老爸 <> |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 阿丈, 阿叔, 阿爸, 老爸 <> |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 阿府, 阿爸, 老爸 <> |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 爸爸, 老爸 <> |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 多桑, 爸爸, 阿叔, 阿爸, 俺二仔, 俺爹, 俺爸, 老爸 <> |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 阿爹, 爸爸, 老爸 <> |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 俺爹, 俺爸 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 阿爸, 爹, 二仔, 爸爸, 老爸 <> |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 阿爸, 爸, 爸爸, 老爸 <>, 爹 <>, 老的 <> |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 爸, 爸爸, 阿爸, 老爸 <> |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 爸爸, 爸, 阿爸, 老爸 <> |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 阿爸, 阿爹, 阿父 <>, 父 <> |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 阿爸, 阿父 <>, 父 <>, 大人 <>, honorific |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 阿爸, 父 <>, 大人 <>, honorific |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 阿爸, 阿父, 阿爹 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 爸, 爸爸, 阿爸, 父, 爹 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 阿爸, 爸爸, 阿父 <>, 爸 <> |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 阿父, 父 <>, 老父 <> |
| Southern Min | Batam (Teochew) | 阿父 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 爸, 兄 dated, 阿 dated, 尼父 <>, 父 <>, 尼阿 <>, dated |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 阿爹, 阿兄, 阿官, 阿爸, 爸 <> |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 阿爸, 郎爸 <> |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 郎爸 <> |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 爸爸, 爹, 老子 <> |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 爸, 數字, 數老, 阿叔 dated, 老子 <> |
| Wu | Shanghai | 爸爸, 老爸, 爹爹 dated, 阿伯 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 爹爹, 阿爹 uncommon, 爺, 爺爺 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 爹爹 |
| Wu | Danyang | 爹爹, 爹, 爸爸 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 爹, 阿伯, 爸爸, 老子 <> |
| Wu | Ningbo | 阿伯, 爸爸, 爹 <>, 阿爹 <>, 老頭子 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 阿爸, 阿伯, 阿大 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 伯伯, 爹爹, 爸爸 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 伯 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 爹爹, 爺爺, 爺, 爺老倌 <>, 爺老子 <> |
| Xiang | Loudi | 爹爹, 爺老倌 <>, 爺老子 <>, 爺 <>, 老人家 <> |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 爹爹, 爺 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 爸爸 new-style, 爹爹 old style, 爺老子 <>, 爺 <>, 爺老倌子 <>, 老子 <> |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 大, 爹爹, 爸爸, 爺子 <>, 大子 <> |
| Note | <> - non-face-to-face | <> - non-face-to-face |

### Compounds

* 恁爸
* 爸母 (pē-bú)
* 爸爸
* 老爸 (lǎobà)
* 郎爸 (lángbà)
* 阿爸 (ābà)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Readings

* Go-on: ば (ba)
* Kan-on: は (ha)

## Korean
### Hanja

爸 • (pa) (hangeul 파, revised pa, McCune–Reischauer p'a, Yale pha)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese

* chữ Hán Nôm in this term
* 爸

### Han character

爸: Hán Việt readings: bả, ba
爸: Nôm readings: ba
* chữ Hán form of ba (“father”).

### References

* 1 2 Trần (2004).