爹
HSK 7freq #4503
Meanings
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- 1.dad
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Wiktionary
- 1.father; dad
- 2.old man; grandpa; granddad
- 3.man with a particular profession or characteristic
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *daːʔ, *tjaː): semantic 父 (“father”) + phonetic 多 (OC *ʔl'aːl). Possibly from Proto-Turkic *ata (“father”) and cognate with Old Turkic 𐱃𐰀 (t¹a /ata/) (Vovin and McCraw, 2011)
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Components
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Example sentences
爹地喜歡講有趣的事。
Daddy loves to say funny things.
我一哥們兒他爹是變戲法的。
I have a friend whose father is a magician.
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Derived terms
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Related words
亲爹 biological father; real dad沙爹 satay (sauce)姑爹 husband of father's sister公爹 husband's father野爹 (vulgar) a man sb's mother has an affair with干爹 adoptive father (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)爹地 daddy (loanword)拼爹 (slang) to rely on one's father's wealth or prestige to get ahead老爹 (dialect) father爹爹 daddy阿爹 dad糖爹 (slang) sugar daddy