爹 (diē): dad
爹 (diē) is a Chinese character meaning “dad.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 父 (semantic) and 多 (phonetic). It ranks #1976 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 爹 father. Its radical form 父 (father) appears in many related characters such as 爷 (yé, grandpa), 爸 (bà, father), 父 (fù, father).
Definitions
- dad
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 老爹noun | lǎo diē | (dialect) father |
| 爹地noun | diē dì | daddy (loanword) |
| 爹爹noun | diē die | daddy |
| 爹娘noun | diē niáng | (dialect) parents |
| 阿爹noun | ā diē | dad |
| 干爹noun | gān diē | adoptive father (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) |
| 喜当爹verb | xǐ dāng diē | (neologism c. 2012) (slang) to become a stepfather when one's partner turns out to be pregnant with a child she conce... |
| 公爹noun | gōng diē | husband's father |
| 亲爹 | qīn diē | biological father |
| 野爹 | yě diē | (vulgar) a man sb's mother has an affair with |
| 沙爹noun | shā diē | satay (sauce) |
| 姑爹noun | gū diē | husband of father's sister |
| 糖爹noun | táng diē | (slang) sugar daddy |
| 沙爹酱 | shā diē jiàng | satay sauce |
| 拼爹verb | pīn diē | (slang) to rely on one's father's wealth or prestige to get ahead |
爹 appears in 16 compound words: 19 as the first character, 75 as the last, and 6 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 爹 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
爹爹教我骑自行车，耐心地扶着车尾跑。
Diēdie jiāo wǒ qí zìxíngchē, nàixīn de fúzhe chē wěi pǎo.
Dad taught me to ride a bicycle, patiently holding the back of the bike as he ran.
更糟糕的是，A 社自己也清楚这一点，并由此养成了一个非常恶劣的习惯：喜欢当用户的爹。
gēng zāo gāo de shì , A shè zì jǐ yě qīng chǔ zhè yī diǎn , bìng yóu cǐ yǎng chéng le yī gè fēi cháng è liè de xí guàn : xǐ huān dāng yòng hù de diē .
To make matters worse, Studio A is well aware of this itself, and as a result has developed a very bad habit: it likes to act like the users' father.
《第四幕》与《我阿爹想旅行》均为香港“薪火相传计划”的扶持作品。
dì sì mù yǔ wǒ ā diē xiǎng lǚ háng jūn wéi xiāng gǎng xīn huǒ xiāng chuán jì huá de fú chí zuò pǐn .
Both *Act IV* and *My Dad Wants to Travel* are productions supported by Hong Kong’s “Passing the Torch” initiative.
改头换面！宾利发布新一代飞驰，顺便去了下身上的“爹味”
gǎi tóu huàn miàn ! bīn lì fā bù xīn yī dài fēi chí , shùn biàn qù le xià shēn shàng de diē wèi
A Complete Makeover! Bentley Unveils the Next-Generation Flying Spur—and Shakes Off Its “Dad Car” Image in the Process
他说自己再忙儿子都快不认他这个爹了，所以他选择放弃了个人资源的大部分应酬。
tā shuō zì jǐ zài máng ér zǐ dōu kuài bù rèn tā zhè gè diē le , suǒ yǐ tā xuǎn zé fàng qì le gè rén zī yuán de dà bù fēn yīng chóu .
He said that no matter how busy he was, his son was on the verge of no longer recognizing him as his father, so he chose to give up most of the social engagements that required him to use his personal connections.
...都发生了关系! 生完娃之后懵圈了:谁是亲爹?!DNA都一样!
. . . dōu fā shēng le guān xì ! shēng wán wá zhī hòu 懵 juān le : shéi shì qīn diē ? ! D N A dōu yī yàng !
...They've all slept with her! After the baby was born, she was completely baffled: Who's the real dad?! The DNA matches!
爹地喜欢讲有趣的事。
Diēdì xǐhuan jiǎng yǒuqù de shì.
Daddy loves to say funny things.
我一哥们儿他爹是变戏法的。
Wǒ yī gēmenr tā diē shì biànxìfǎ de.
I have a friend whose father is a magician.
Character Family
父 Radical Family — Characters sharing the father radical
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