Family relations are important in China, and traditionally, the father is the head of the household. There are many ways of saying "father" or "dad" in Chinese, but the most colloquial way is the focus of this article. Chinese Characters 爸爸 (bàba) means dad, or father, in Chinese. It is an informal term. The character is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese. Sometimes, 爸爸 is colloquially shortened to just 爸. Pronunciation The pinyin for 爸 is "bà," which means the character is pronounced in the 4th tone. But when saying 爸爸, the second 爸 is unaccented. Thus, in terms of tone numbers, 爸爸 can also be written as ba4 ba. Other Terms for "Dad" As mentioned earlier, there are other ways to say "dad" in Chinese depending on a degree of formality and region. Here are a few examples: 父亲 (fùqīn): father, a more formal term 爹 (diē): dad, also informal and a regional term Sentence Examples Using Bàba 我爸是医生。(wǒ bà shì yīshēng) = My dad is a doctor. 他是我爸爸｡ (tā shì wǒ bàba) = He is my father. Regarding this last sentence, note that when you are saying "my father", "my mother" and so on, you normally don't add 的 to indicate familiarity, ie: 他是我的爸爸. It's not technically wrong, but it's also not usually said amongst native speakers. # Our teachers # More than 10 years teaching experience Master Degree Certificate for teaching chinese as a foreign language   |
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