爸

bà

noun HSK 1 #378

Meanings

1 father; dad; papa

Characters

父 (father) + 巴 (bā) phonetic — dad

Examples

爸爸，你回来了！

Bàba, nǐ huílái le!

Dad, you're back!

我爸在做饭。

Wǒ bà zài zuòfàn.

My dad is cooking.

Tips

usage

爸 is the informal/spoken word for father, almost always reduplicated as 爸爸 (bàba). Compare: 爸爸 (bàba, dad — casual) vs 父亲 (fùqīn, father — formal/written).

Stroke Order

爸 bà