# 爺

| 爺 | U+723A, &#29242; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-723A |
| ← 爹 [U+7239] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 爻 → [U+723B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

爺 (Kangxi radical 88, 父+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金大尸十中 (CKSJL), four-corner 8012$_7$, composition ⿱父耶)

#### Derived characters

* 𰂴(𫢜)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 690, character 11
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19734
* Dae Jaweon: page 1103, character 10
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2040, character 7
* Unihan data for U+723A

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 耶 | *laː |
| 椰 | *laː |
| 爺 | *laː |
| 瑘 | *laː |
| 鎁 | *laː |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *laː): semantic 父 (“father”) + phonetic 耶 (OC *laː).

### Etymology

Vovin and McCraw (2011) compare it to Old Turkic [script needed] (uya, “relative”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): yé (ye$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ye$^2$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): yē
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): е (i͡ə, I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): je$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): yie$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ia$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): yà
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ya$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): ie$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): iě
* Eastern Min (BUC): iè
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): iâ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ia$^5$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$ya / $^2$ya
* Xiang
    (Changsha, Wiktionary): ia$^2$ / ie$^2$
    (Hengyang, Wiktionary): ia$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yé
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yé
*** Wade–Giles: yeh$^2$
*** Yale: yé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ye
*** Palladius: е (je)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ye$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ie
*** Sinological IPA : /iɛ²¹/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: yē
*** Sinological IPA : /iɛ⁵⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: е (i͡ə, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /iə²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: je$^4$
*** Yale: yèh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: je$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yé$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛː²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: yie$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiɛ²²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ia$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ia³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yà
*** Hakka Romanization System: ia$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ya$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /i̯a¹¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yà
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)ia$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ya$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯a¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ya$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ia¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ie$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ie¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: iě
*** Sinological IPA : /iɛ²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: iè
*** Sinological IPA : /ie⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâ
*** Tâi-lô: iâ
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iaa
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ia²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ia²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ia¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ia²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ia$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iâ
*** Sinological IPA : /ia⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$ya
*** MiniDict: ya$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhia
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦia²³/
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^2$ya
*** MiniDict: ya$^平$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ɦiɑ²²³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: ia$^2$ / ie$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /i̯a̠¹³/, /i̯e̞¹³/
* ia2 - vernacular (“father”);
* ie2 - literary (“grandfather”).
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*laː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 爺 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14762 |
| Phonetic component | 耶 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 邪 |
| Old Chinese | /*laː/ |
| Notes | 耶後起分化字見玉篇 |

### Definitions

爺
* (literary, dialectal or in compounds) father
    爺娘／爷娘 ― yéniáng ― father and mother
    兩仔爺／两仔爷 [Cantonese] ― loeng$^5$ zai$^2$ je$^4$ [Jyutping] ― father and son
       jau$^5$ je$^4$ saang$^1$, mou$^5$ naa$^2$ gaau$^3$ [Jyutping]
       (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: 《木蘭詩》; translation by Jack Yuan
    Āyé wú dà ér, mùlán wú chángxiōng. Yuàn wèi shì ānmǎ, cóngcǐ tì yé zhēng. [Pinyin]
    My father has no grown-up son, and I (Mulan) have no elder brother. I'm willing to buy a horse and saddle, to go to battle in my father's place.
* grandfather
* (polite) grandpa; sir (term of address for an elderly man)
* (archaic, honorific) sir (term of address for a rich or influential man)
* (honorific) term of address for gods and the Buddha
* (colloquial, derogatory or familiar, Northern China, male) I; me

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

#### Coordinate terms

* 婆 (pó)

### Compounds

* 七爺八爺 / 七爷八爷 (Qīyé Bāyé)
* 三郎爺爺 / 三郎爷爷
* 二太爺 / 二太爷
* 二爺 / 二爷
* 佛爺 / 佛爷 (fóyé)
* 倒爺 / 倒爷 (dǎoyé)
* 兔兒爺 / 兔儿爷 (tùryé)
* 兩爺子 / 两爷子
* 公爺 / 公爷
* 哥兒大爺 / 哥儿大爷
* 國姓爺 / 国姓爷 (Guóxìngyé)
* 城隍爺 / 城隍爷 (Chénghuángyé)
* 大仙爺 / 大仙爷
* 大少爺 / 大少爷 (dàshàoye)
* 大爺 / 大爷
* 大爺公 / 大爷公
* 大爺氣 / 大爷气
* 大爺習氣 / 大爷习气
* 大老爺 / 大老爷
* 大聖爺 / 大圣爷 (Dàshèngyé)
* 太爺 / 太爷 (tàiyé)
* 天老爺 / 天老爷 (tiānlǎoye)
* 姑爺 / 姑爷
* 姑爺爺 / 姑爷爷 (gūyéye)
* 姑老爺 / 姑老爷
* 小爺 / 小爷
* 小王爺 / 小王爷
* 少爺 / 少爷 (shàoyé)
* 師爺 / 师爷
* 新姑爺 / 新姑爷
* 灶王爺 / 灶王爷 (zàowángyé)
* 爺們 / 爷们 (yémen)
* 爺們兒 / 爷们儿 (yémenr)
* 爺兒們 / 爷儿们
* 爺兒倆 / 爷儿俩
* 爺娘 / 爷娘 (yéniáng)
* 爺孃 / 爷娘 (yéniáng)
* 爺爺 / 爷爷
* 爺羹娘飯 / 爷羹娘饭
* 爺飯娘羹 / 爷饭娘羹
* 王爺 / 王爷
* 王爺府 / 王爷府 (wángyefǔ)
* 瘟神爺 / 瘟神爷
* 監齋爺 / 监斋爷
* 祖師爺 / 祖师爷 (zǔshīyé)
* 祭王爺 / 祭王爷
* 萬歲爺 / 万岁爷 (wànsuìyé)
* 空中少爺 / 空中少爷 (kōngzhōng shàoyé)
* 紹興師爺 / 绍兴师爷
* 縣太爺 / 县太爷 (xiàntàiyé)
* 總爺 / 总爷
* 罵爺罵媽 / 骂爷骂妈
* 老佛爺 / 老佛爷 (lǎofóyé)
* 老大爺 / 老大爷 (lǎodàye)
* 老天爺 / 老天爷 (lǎotiānyé)
* 老太爺 / 老太爷 (lǎotàiyé)
* 老爺 / 老爷
* 老爺兒 / 老爷儿
* 老爺子 / 老爷子 (lǎoyézi)
* 老爺廟 / 老爷庙
* 老爺爺 / 老爷爷 (lǎoyéye)
* 老爺車 / 老爷车 (lǎoyéchē)
* 老都爺 / 老都爷
* 聖賢爺 / 圣贤爷
* 舅爺 / 舅爷
* 舅老爺 / 舅老爷
* 親家老爺 / 亲家老爷 (qìngjiā lǎoyé)
* 財神爺 / 财神爷 (cáishényé)
* 軍爺 / 军爷
* 重生爺娘 / 重生爷娘
* 閻王爺 / 阎王爷 (Yánwángyé)
* 闊大爺 / 阔大爷 (kuòdàyé)
* 阿爺 / 阿爷 (āyé)
* 風獅爺 / 风狮爷 (Fēngshīyé)
* 駙馬爺 / 驸马爷

## Japanese
### Alternative forms

* Kanji in this term
* 爺
* じじい Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
* Kanji in this term
* 爺
* じじ Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
* Kanji in this term
* 爺
* じい Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
* 祖父

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* old man
* grandfather

#### Readings

* Go-on: や (ya)
* Kan-on: や (ya)
* Kun: じい (jī, 爺)、じじ (jiji, 爺)、じじい (jijī, 爺)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) じい [jíꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [d͡ʑiː]
* (Tokyo) じじ [jíꜜjì] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [d͡ʑiʑi]
* (Tokyo) じじい [jìjíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [2])
* IPA: [d͡ʑiʑiː]

### Noun

爺(じい) • (jī)
* a grandfather
    （お）爺(じい)さん
       (o) jī-san
       grandfather
    （お）爺(じい)ちゃん
       (o) jī-chan
       grandpa; granddad

### Noun

爺(じい) or 爺(じじ) or 爺(じゞ) or 爺(じじい) or 爺(じゞい) • (jī or jiji or jijī)
* an old man; a geezer; a gramps
    （お）爺(じい)ちゃん
       (o) jī-chan
       mister
** 1990 June 25 [1990 February 17], George Morikawa, “Round(ラウンド) ５(ファイブ)　1965(せんきゅうひゃく ろくじゅうこ)年(ねん)のアッパーカット [Round 5: 1965’s Uppercut]”, in はじめの一(いっ)歩(ぽ) THE(ザ) FIGHTING(ファイティング)! [The First Step: The Fighting!], 3rd edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 131:
    バカヤロオ　会長(じじい)の歳(とし)　考(かんが)えろ　心(しん)臓(ぞう)止(と)まっちまうだろうが‼うわぁ　すいません
       Bakayarō jijī no toshi kangaero shinzō tomatchimau darō ga‼
       You idiot!! Think about gramps’s age!! His heart coulda stopped!!
       Uwā suimasen
       Oww! I’m sorry!

### See also

* 婆(ばば) (baba)

## Korean
### Hanja

爺 (eumhun 아비 야 (abi ya))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

爺: Hán Nôm readings: gia
* chữ Hán form of gia.