干爹

乾爹
gāndiē
noun #39,690

Meanings

  1. 1 godfather
  2. 2 adoptive father (informal, without legal effect)
  3. 3 sugar daddy

Examples

Xiǎoshíhou fùmǔ ràngwǒ bài le yíge gāndiē.
When I was little, my parents had me take a godfather.
Tā bèi bàochū yǒu ge yǒuqián de gāndiē.
It came out that she has a wealthy 'godfather' (sugar daddy).

Tips

culture
Traditional 干爹/干妈 are ritual adoptive parents — a social bond, no legal adoption. In the 2010s Chinese celebrity-gossip era 干爹 gained a slang 'sugar daddy' reading and is now often ambiguous depending on context.
usage
Traditional simplified is 干爹, traditional-character form (the 'dry/adoptive' rather than ). Child to parent, the kinship terms are 干爹/干妈; parent to child 干儿子/女儿.

Stroke Order

gān
diē