阿瑪

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (阿瑪) 阿 瑪
simp. (阿玛) 阿 玛
alternative forms 阿馬／阿马
阿媽／阿妈

Etymology

From Manchu ᠠᠮᠠ (ama).

Pronunciation

Noun

阿瑪

  1. (historical) dad, daddy, beloved father (chiefly for historical flavor in accounts of the Qing dynasty)

Synonyms

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

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