爸 (baa1 | ba4) : pa; dad; father

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爸

baa1

ba4

pa; papa; dad; daddy; father

Stroke count: 8

Level: 1

Radical: 父 (#88)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

爸

This word has been viewed 8050 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 18th Oct 2014 04:39

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爸爸 baa1*4 baa1 ba4 ba5 = father; dad

阿爸 aa3 baa1*4 = daddy (爸爸) 粵

奸爸爹 gaan1 baa1 de1 = do your best 粵

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阿爸阿媽日日都去晨運。粵
Papa and mama go exercising every morning.

我屋企有阿爸、阿媽、阿哥同我。粵
My home has father, mother, brother and me.

王先生是我爸爸的好朋友。國
Mr. Wong is a good friend of my father.

你不愧係爸爸嘅仔粵
You should be proud to be your father's son.
[lit. you no shame be father [possessive particle] boy]

不愧係爸爸嘅仔粵
You're worthy of being your father's son.
[Lit. worthy be father [possessive particle] boy]

當你蹣跚學步時，爸爸離開咗我哋粵
Father left us when you were still tottering while learning to walk.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 爸
Unicode code for this character: U+7238 (off-site link)

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