爸 (bà): father, dad, pa
爸 (bà) is a Chinese character meaning “father.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 父 (semantic) and 巴 (phonetic). It ranks #1049 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 爸 father. Its radical form 父 (father) appears in many related characters such as 爷 (yé, grandpa), 父 (fù, father), 爹 (diē, dad).
Definitions
- father
- dad
- pa
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 爸
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阿爸noun | ā bà | (dialect) father |
| 后爸 | hòu bà | (coll.) stepfather |
| 老爸noun | lǎo bà | father |
| 爸比noun | bǎ bí | (loanword) daddy |
| 亲爸 | qīn bà | one's own father |
| 单亲爸爸 | dān qīn bà ba | single father |
| 阿爸父 | ā bà fù | Abba (Aramaic word father) |
| 爸妈noun | bà mā | dad and mom |
| 宝爸noun | bǎo bà | a dad (father of a young child) |
| 奶爸noun | nǎi bà | stay-at-home dad |
| 兔爸noun | tù bà | toolbar (in computer software) (loanword) |
爸 appears in 12 compound words: 25 as the first character, 58 as the last, and 17 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 爸 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
爸爸教我骑自行车，虽然摔了几次，但我终于学会了。
Bàba jiāo wǒ qí zìxíngchē, suīrán shuāi le jǐ cì, dàn wǒ zhōngyú xuéhuì le.
Dad taught me to ride a bicycle. Although I fell a few times, I finally learned.
4宝爸出轨小三24次!性爱行事历曝光 人妻试图...
4 bǎo bà chū guǐ xiǎo sān 2 4 cì ! xìng ài háng shì lì pù guāng rén qī shì tú . . .
4 Bao Dad cheated on the mistress 24 times! Sex calendar exposed Married woman trying...
比特幣暴跌還買進!《富爸爸》作者曝2理由:將比黃金有價值
bǐ tè 幣 bào diē 還 買 進 ! fù bà bà zuò zhě pù lǐ yóu 將 bǐ 黃 jīn yǒu 價 zhí
Bitcoin Plummets, But Buyers Step In! 'Rich Dad' Author Reveals 2 Reasons: It Will Outperform Gold in Value
比特幣還能買?《富爸爸.窮爸爸》作者逆風加碼 兩大進場原因曝...
bǐ tè 幣 還 néng 買 ? fù bà bà . 窮 bà bà zuò zhě nì 風 jiā 碼 兩 dà 進 場 yuán yīn pù . . .
Can you still buy Bitcoin? The author of "Rich Dad. The author of "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" has increased his bets against the wind, and the two main reasons for his entry into the market have been exposed...
...1歲母親初二離世!陳思安忍3天痛揭噩耗:爸媽天上團聚了
. . . 歲 mǔ 親 chū èr 離 shì ! 陳 sī ān rěn tiān tòng jiē 噩 hào bà 媽 tiān shàng 團 jù le
... ...1 year old mother died on the second day of the month! Chen Si'an endured 3 days of pain to reveal the sad news: Mom and Dad are reunited in heaven.
河北男孩放寒假每天睡到中午12点,爸爸不许家人打扰..
hé běi nán hái fàng hán jiǎ měi tiān shuì dào zhōng wǔ diǎn , bà bà bù xǔ jiā rén dǎ rǎo . .
A boy in Hebei sleeps until noon every day during winter break, and his father forbids the family from disturbing him.
你爸爸很早回家吗？
Nǐ bàba hěn zǎo huíjiā ma?
Does your father get home early?
你爸爸什么时候回家？
Nǐ bàba shénmeshíhou huíjiā?
When did your father come home?
能再说一遍你爸是谁吗？
Néng zàishuō yībiàn nǐ bà shì shéi ma?
Could you please tell me again who your father is?
安娜，你爸爸明天这个时候在哪里？
ānnà, nǐ bàba míngtiān zhège shíhou zài nǎlǐ?
Anna, where will your father be at this time tomorrow?
Character Family
父 Radical Family — Characters sharing the father radical
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