爹
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dad
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 父 +6
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 爹
- Common rank
- #2,652
- Unicode
- U+7239
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Formation & memory
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Words with 爹
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 喜当爹 | (neologism c. 2012) (slang) to become a stepfather when one's partner turns out to be preg… | |
| 爹地 | daddy (loanword) | |
| 公爹 | husband's father | |
| 老爹 | (dialect) father; old man; sir | |
| 阿爹 | dad; father; (paternal) grandfather; old man | |
| 沙爹酱 | satay sauce | |
| 干爹 | adoptive father (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) | |
| 沙爹 | satay (sauce) | |
| 亲爹 | biological father; real dad | |
| 糖爹 | (slang) sugar daddy | |
| 野爹 | (vulgar) a man sb's mother has an affair with | |
| 拼爹 | (slang) to rely on one's father's wealth or prestige to get ahead | |
| 爹娘 | (dialect) parents | |
| 坑爹 | to get one's father involved in a difficult situation; (vulgar) (of sth that makes one fee… | |
| 姑爹 | husband of father's sister; uncle | |
| 爹爹 | daddy; granddad |
Sound family
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