郎爸

Chinese

		youth	father; dad; pa father; dad; pa; papa
simp. and trad. (郎爸)		郎	爸
alternative forms		郎罷／郎罢

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lángbà

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˊ ㄅㄚˋ
Eastern Min (BUC): nòng-bâ / lòng-bâ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lángbà
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˊ ㄅㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lángbà
  - Wade–Giles: lang²-pa⁴
  - Yale: láng-bà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: langbah
  - Palladius: ланба (lanba)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑŋ³⁵ pä⁵¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: nòng-bâ / lòng-bâ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡouŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(p-)mɑ²⁴²/, /l̃ouŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(p-)mɑ²⁴²/

Noun

郎爸

(Eastern Min, Puxian Min, non-face-to-face) father
- 郎罷別囝，吾悔生汝。及汝既生，人勸不舉。不從人言，果獲是苦。囝別郎罷，心摧血下。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  郎罢别囝，吾悔生汝。及汝既生，人劝不举。不从人言，果获是苦。囝别郎罢，心摧血下。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: ca. 8th century, Gu Kuang, 《囝》 (Son) [written in the ancient Min dialect].
  Note: This poem was referring to the slavery system at the time in the Min area. The son had been forcibly castrated and was soon to be taken as a slave in a rich household.
  Lángbà bié jiǎn, wú huǐ shēng rǔ. Jí rǔ jì shēng, rén quàn bù jǔ. Bù cóng rényán, guǒ huò shì kǔ. Jiǎn bié lángbà, xīn cuī xuè xià. [Pinyin]
  Father said to son when they parted: I regret begetting you;
  When you were already born, people advised me to not bring you up;
  I did not follow their words, and inevitably had this suffering coming.
  Son is parted from father, with a heart shattered and eyes crying with blood.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 爸爸 (“dad”) [map]

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

Derived terms

郎爸囝