| 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 |