爹妈

爹媽
diēmā
noun #27,128

Meanings

  1. 1 dad and mom
  2. 2 parents (informal)

Examples

Tā cóngxiǎo jiù gēn diēmā shēnghuó zài yīqǐ.
He has lived with his parents since childhood.
Wǒ diēmā dōu xīwàng wǒ zǎodiǎn chéngjiā.
My parents both hope I'll start a family soon.

Tips

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爹妈 is informal and colloquial — it's the casual, everyday way to say 'mom and dad' in northern Chinese dialects (especially around Beijing and northeastern China). The more standard equivalents are 父母 (fùmǔ, formal) or (bàmā, also casual but more common in southern China).

Stroke Order

diē