郎爸

Chinese

		youth	father; dad; pa father; dad; pa; papa
simp. and trad. (郎爸)		郎	爸
alternative forms		郎罷／郎罢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lángbà

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˊ ㄅㄚˋ

• Eastern Min (BUC): nòng-bâ / lòng-bâ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lángbà
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˊ ㄅㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lángbà
    • Wade–Giles: lang²-pa⁴
    • Yale: láng-bà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: langbah
    • Palladius: ланба (lanba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑŋ³⁵ pä⁵¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: nòng-bâ / lòng-bâ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡouŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(p-)mɑ²⁴²/, /l̃ouŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(p-)mɑ²⁴²/

Noun

郎爸

1. (Eastern Min, Puxian Min, non-face-to-face) father

   • 郎罷別囝，吾悔生汝。及汝既生，人勸不舉。不從人言，果獲是苦。囝別郎罷，心摧血下。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     郎罢别囝，吾悔生汝。及汝既生，人劝不举。不从人言，果获是苦。囝别郎罢，心摧血下。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: ca. 8th century, Gu Kuang, 《囝》 (Son) [written in the ancient Min dialect].
     Note: This poem was referring to the slavery system at the time in the Min area. The son had been forcibly castrated and was soon to be taken as a slave in a rich household.

     Lángbà bié jiǎn, wú huǐ shēng rǔ. Jí rǔ jì shēng, rén quàn bù jǔ. Bù cóng rényán, guǒ huò shì kǔ. Jiǎn bié lángbà, xīn cuī xuè xià. [Pinyin]

     Father said to son when they parted: I regret begetting you;
     When you were already born, people advised me to not bring you up;
     I did not follow their words, and inevitably had this suffering coming.
     Son is parted from father, with a heart shattered and eyes crying with blood.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 爸爸 (“father (non-face-to-face)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		父, 爺, 嚴 honorific
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		父親
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	爸爸, 爸, 爹
	Taiwan	爸爸, 爸
	Harbin	爸爸, 爸, 爹
	Shenyang	爸爸
	Singapore	爸爸, 老爸
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	爸爸
	Jinan	爸爸, 爹, 大 Hui, 大大 Hui
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	爹, 爸爸
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	爹, 爸爸
	Wanrong	爸, 爹
	Xi'an	爸, 達 Hui
	Xining	阿達, 達達, 爹
	Yanqi	老爹
	Xuzhou	答答, 爸爸, 老頭兒, 老頭子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	爹, 爸爸
	Lanzhou	爹, 爸爸, 老子, 老爹
	Ürümqi	爸爸, 先人, 老爹, 達, 達當子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	爸爸, 爸, 老頭兒, 老把子, 老漢兒
	Wuhan	爸爸, 老子, 老頭, 爹 dated, 伯伯 dated, 點頭磕 dated, 父老二 dated, casual, 八叉 dated, slang
	Guiyang	爸爸, 老爹, 老者, 老者者
	Kunming	爸爸
	Liuzhou	老爹, 爹老, 爺老, 老頭子
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	阿爸, 阿爹, 爸爸
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	爸, 爹, 爺
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	爹, 爸爸, 伯伯
	Yangzhou	爸爸, 爹爹, 老子
	Nantong	爺
	Hefei	伯伯
Cantonese	Guangzhou	老豆, 爸爸, 阿爸, 伯爺
	Hong Kong	老豆, 爸爸, 阿爸, 爹哋, 伯爺, 花打
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	阿爸, 爸
	Macau	老豆
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	老豆
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	老豆
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	老豆
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	老豆
	Foshan	老豆
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	老豆
	Foshan (Shunde)	老豆
	Foshan (Sanshui)	老豆, 伯爺 dated
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	老豆
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	老子, 老豆
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	老豆
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	老豆
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	老豆
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	老豆
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	老豆
	Taishan	老豆
	Kaiping (Chikan)	老豆
	Enping (Niujiang)	老豆
	Heshan (Yayao)	老豆
	Dongguan	老豆, 阿爸, 老子, 爸爸 childish, 爹哋 childish, 爸B childish
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	老豆
	Yangjiang	阿爹
	Nanning	爸, 老豆, 老嘢
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	俺老子, 老豆
	Hepu (Shatian)	俺公
	Beihai	老豆
	Beihai (Nankang)	老豆
	Beihai (Yingpan)	老豆, 阿爸
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	老豆
	Singapore (Guangfu)	老豆, 阿爸
Gan	Nanchang	爸爸, 老子, 爺老子
	Lichuan	爺, 家父
	Pingxiang	爺老子
Hakka	Meixian	阿爸, 爺仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	老豆
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	阿爸
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	阿爸
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	爺子
	Wuhua (Meilin)	阿爸
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	父親
	Yudu	爺老
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	阿爸, 爺仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	阿爸, 爺仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	阿爸, 爺仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	阿爸
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	阿爸, 爺仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	阿怙, 阿爺
Huizhou	Jixi	老子
Jin	Taiyuan	老子, 大大, 大, 爹
Northern Min	Jian'ou	爹
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	郎爸
Southern Min	Xiamen	老爸, 娘爸 dated
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	老爸
	Quanzhou	老爸
	Jinjiang	老爸
	Zhangzhou	老爸, 娘爸 dated
	Pinghe	娘爸
	Zhao'an	老爸
	Taipei	老爸
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	老爸, 阿爸
	Kaohsiung	老爸
	Yilan	老爸
	Changhua (Lukang)	老爸
	Taichung	老爸, 爸爸
	Tainan	老爸, 俺爸
	Hsinchu	老爸, 阿爹, 爸爸
	Kinmen	俺爹
	Penghu (Magong)	老爸
	Penang (Hokkien)	老爸, 阿爸, 爸, 爸爸, 爹, 老的
	Singapore (Hokkien)	老爸
	Manila (Hokkien)	老爸
	Chaozhou	阿父, 父
	Shantou	阿父, 父, 大人 honorific
	Shantou (Chenghai)	父, 大人 honorific
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	阿父, 爸
	Singapore (Teochew)	父, 阿父
	Leizhou	尼父, 父, 尼阿 dated
	Haikou	爸
Puxian Min	Putian	郎爸
	Xianyou	郎爸
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	爸, 老子, 數字, 數老, 阿叔 dated
	Binyang	父親, 叔
Wu	Shanghai	爸爸, 老爸, 爹爹 dated, 阿伯 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	爺, 爺爺
	Suzhou	爺
	Danyang	爹爹, 爹, 爸爸
	Hangzhou	爹, 阿伯, 爸爸, 老子
	Ningbo	爹, 阿爹, 阿伯, 爸爸, 老頭子
	Wenzhou	阿爸, 阿伯
	Jinhua	爺
Xiang	Changsha	爺老倌, 爺老子, 爹爹, 爺爺, 爺
	Loudi	爹爹, 爺老倌, 爺老子, 爺, 老人家
	Shuangfeng	爹爹

Derived terms

• 郎爸囝