Monday, May 25, 2020
A Step-by-Step Guide to Saying Dad in Chinese
Family relations are important in China, and traditionally, the father is the head of the household. There are many ways of saying father or dad in Chinese, but the most colloquial way is the focus of this article.à Chinese Characters Ã§Ë ¸Ã§Ë ¸ ( bà ba)à means dad, or father, in Chinese. It is an informal term. The character is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese. Sometimes,Ã Ã§Ë ¸Ã§Ë ¸ is colloquially shortened to justÃ Ã§Ë ¸. Pronunciation The pinyin for Ã§Ë ¸ is bà , which means the character is pronounced in the 4th tone. But when saying Ã§Ë ¸Ã§Ë ¸, the second Ã§Ë ¸ is unaccented. Thus in terms of tone numbers, Ã§Ë ¸Ã§Ë ¸ can also be written as ba4 ba.à Other Terms for "Dad" As mentioned earlier, there are other ways to say dad in Chinese depending on a degree of formality and region. Here are a few examples: Ã§Ë ¶Ã¤ º ² (fà ¹qà «n): father, a more formal term Ã§Ë ¹ (diÃâ): dad, also informal and a regional termà Sentence Examples UsingBà ba WÃâ bà shà ¬ yà «shÃâng.æËâÃ§Ë ¸Ã¦Ë ¯Ã©â «Ã§âŸãâ¬â(traditional Chinese)æËâÃ§Ë ¸Ã¦Ë ¯Ã¥Å' »Ã§âŸãâ¬â(simplified Chinese)My dad is a doctor. Tà shà ¬ wÃâ bà ba.ä »â"Ã¦Ë ¯Ã¦ËâÃ§Ë ¸Ã§Ë ¸He is my father. Regarding this last sentence, note that when you are saying my father, my mother and so on, you normally dont add çšâ to indicate familiarity, ie: ä »â"Ã¦Ë ¯Ã¦ËâçšâÃ§Ë ¸Ã§Ë ¸. Its not technically wrong, but its also not usually said amongst native speakers.
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