(bà ba) - dad, father (informal) in Mandarin
bàbaTraditional: 爸爸
Translation
dad, father (informal)
Word origin
A reduplicated word formed by doubling 爸, a phono-semantic compound of the father radical 父 with 巴 (bā) as phonetic. Reduplication is the usual pattern for affectionate Mandarin kinship terms.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 爸 (父 father + 巴 bā phonetic), reduplicated
Stroke order
爸
爸
Examples
。
Dad is back.
。
My dad is a teacher.
，。
Dad, I love you.
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Dad is working overtime today.
钓。
I went fishing with my dad.
爸爸 (bà ba) means dad, father (informal). It is used as a noun in everyday Mandarin speech.
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