| Variety | Location | Words |
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| Classical Chinese | 父,爺,嚴 honorific |
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| Formal(Written Standard Chinese) | 父親 |
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| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 爸爸,爸,爹,父親,老頭兒 |
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| Taiwan | 爸爸,爸 |
| Chengde | 爸爸 |
| Chifeng | 爸爸 |
| Hulunbuir(Hailar) | 爸爸 |
| Heihe | 父親,爸爸 |
| Qiqihar | 爸爸 |
| Harbin | 爸爸,爸,爹,父親 |
| Jiamusi | 父親,爸爸 |
| Baicheng | 父親,爸爸,爹 |
| Changchun | 爸爸,爸,爹 |
| Tonghua | 爸爸,爹 |
| Shenyang | 爸爸,父親,爹,阿瑪 dated, Manchus |
| Jinzhou | 父親,爸爸,爸,爹 |
| Malaysia | 爸爸,爸,爹哋 |
| Singapore | 爸爸,爸,老爸 non-face-to-face |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 爸爸,老爸,爹 |
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| Tangshan | 父親,爸爸,爹 |
| Cangzhou | 爸爸,爹,伯 |
| Baoding | 爸爸 |
| Shijiazhuang | 爸爸,爹 |
| Lijin | 爹 |
| Jinan | 爸爸,爹,大 Hui,大大 Hui |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 爸爸 |
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| Dandong | 父親,爸爸,爸,爹 |
| Yantai | 爹 |
| Yantai(Muping) | 爹,爸爸 |
| Qingdao | 爸爸,爹 |
| Zhucheng | 大大,爺,爸爸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 爹,爸爸 |
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| Lingbao | 爹,大 |
| Jining | 爸爸,大 |
| Wanrong | 爸,爹 |
| Linfen | 爸 |
| Shangqiu | 爸爸,爹,大 |
| Yuanyang | 父親,爸爸,爹 |
| Zhengzhou | 爹,伯,達 Hui or suburbs |
| Xinyang | 爸 |
| Baihe | 父親,爹,爸爸 |
| Xi'an | 爸,爸爸,達 Hui |
| Baoji | 父親,爸,爹,伯 |
| Tianshui | 爸爸,大 |
| Xining | 阿達,達達,爹 |
| Yanqi | 爹,達達 Hui,阿達 Hui,老爹 non-face-to-face |
| Xuzhou | 答答,爸爸,父親 |
| Fuyang | 父親,爹,爸爸,爸,大大,大 |
| Sokuluk(Gansu Dungan) | 達達,達,阿達 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 爹,爸爸,父親 |
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| Lanzhou | 爹,爸爸,老子 non-face-to-face,老爹 non-face-to-face,父親 |
| Dunhuang | 大大,爸,爹爹 |
| Hami | 大大 |
| Ürümqi | 爸爸,爹,爹爹,達,達達,阿達 Hui,先人 non-face-to-face,老爹 non-face-to-face,達當子 non-face-to-face |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 爸爸,爸,老頭兒 non-face-to-face,老把子 non-face-to-face,老漢兒 non-face-to-face |
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| Nanchong | 父親,爸爸 |
| Dazhou | 爸爸,爹 |
| Hanyuan | 父親,爸爸,爸爸 |
| Xichang | 父親,爸爸 |
| Zigong | 父親,大大,爺,爸爸,爹 |
| Chongqing | 老漢兒,爸爸 |
| Wuhan | 爸爸,爹 dated,伯伯 non-face-to-face, dated,老子 non-face-to-face,老頭 non-face-to-face,點頭磕 non-face-to-face, dated,父老二 non-face-to-face, dated, casual,八叉 non-face-to-face, dated, slang,父親 |
| Xiangyang | 父親,爸爸,伯伯 |
| Tianmen | 父親,爸爸,爹,大大 |
| Guiyang | 爸爸,爹 dated,老爹 non-face-to-face,老者 non-face-to-face,老者者 non-face-to-face |
| Zunyi | 爹,爸爸 |
| Bijie | 爸爸,老伯 |
| Liping | 爹 |
| Zhaotong | 爸爸,爺爺,大爹 |
| Dali | 阿爹 |
| Kunming | 爸爸,父親,爹 |
| Mengzi | 爸爸 |
| Guilin | 爸爸 |
| Liuzhou | 爸,阿爸,爹,老爹 non-face-to-face,爹老 non-face-to-face,爺老 non-face-to-face,老頭子 non-face-to-face |
| Jishou | 父親,爸爸,爹 |
| Changde | 爹 |
| Hanzhong | 父親,爸爸 |
| Mae Salong(Lancang) | 阿爸,阿爹,爸爸 |
| Mae Sai(Tengchong) | 爸,爹,爺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 爹,爸爸,伯伯,爹爹 |
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| Yangzhou | 爸爸,爹爹,老子 non-face-to-face,父親 |
| Lianyungang | 父親,爸爸,大大 |
| Lianshui | 父親,爺 |
| Nantong | 父,父啊,爸,爸爸,爺 non-face-to-face |
| Anqing | 父親,爸爸,伯伯,大大 |
| Wuhu | 爸爸,大大 |
| Hefei | 伯伯,爺 |
| Huanggang | 伯 |
| Hong'an | 父親,父,爸爸,伯伯,伯 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 阿爸,爸爸,爹哋,老豆 non-face-to-face,伯爺 non-face-to-face |
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| Hong Kong | 阿爸,爸爸,爸,爹哋,爸B,老豆 non-face-to-face,伯爺 non-face-to-face |
| Hong Kong(San Tin; Weitou) | 阿爸,老豆 non-face-to-face |
| Hong Kong(Kam Tin; Weitou) | 爹,阿爸 non-face-to-face,爸 non-face-to-face |
| Hong Kong(Ting Kok) | 爸爸 |
| Hong Kong(Tung Ping Chau) | 阿爸 |
| Macau | 阿爸,爹哋,老豆 non-face-to-face |
| Guangzhou(Xinjiao, Haizhu) | 爸爸,阿爸 |
| Guangzhou(Longxi, Liwan) | 阿叔,阿爸,阿大 |
| Guangzhou(Huangpu) | 阿叔,阿爸 |
| Guangzhou(Xinshi, Baiyun) | 阿叔,阿爸,阿大,阿伯 |
| Guangzhou(Shijing, Baiyun) | 阿叔,阿爸,阿哥 |
| Guangzhou(Jiangcun, Baiyun) | 阿叔,阿爸 |
| Guangzhou(Longgui, Baiyun) | 阿叔,阿爸 |
| Guangzhou(Renhe, Baiyun) | 阿叔 |
| Guangzhou(Zhuliao, Baiyun) | 阿叔,阿爸 |
| Guangzhou(Zhongluotan, Baiyun) | 阿叔 |
| Guangzhou(Jiufo, Huangpu) | 阿叔,阿哥 |
| Guangzhou(Panyu) | 阿爸,爸爸,老豆 non-face-to-face |
| Guangzhou(Huashan, Huadu) | 爸爸,阿叔 dated,老豆 non-face-to-face |
| Guangzhou(Conghua) | 阿叔,阿伯,老豆 non-face-to-face |
| Guangzhou(Zengcheng) | 阿爸,爸爸,阿哥,阿叔,奶公,阿爺,老豆 non-face-to-face |
| Foshan | 阿爸,老豆 non-face-to-face |
| Foshan(Shatou, Nanhai) | 阿叔,老豆 non-face-to-face |
| Foshan(Shunde) | 阿爹,老豆 non-face-to-face |
| Foshan(Sanshui) | 阿爸,阿爹,老豆 non-face-to-face,伯爺 non-face-to-face, dated |
| Foshan(Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 阿爸,老豆 non-face-to-face |
| Zhongshan(Shiqi) | 阿爸,老子 non-face-to-face,老豆 non-face-to-face |
| Zhongshan(Huancheng) | 阿爸 |
| Zhongshan(Nanlang) | 阿爸 |
| Zhongshan(Xiaolan) | 阿爸,阿爹 |
| Zhongshan(Dongsheng, Xiaolan) | 阿爸 |
| Zhongshan(Tanbei, Xiaolan) | 阿爸 |
| Zhongshan(Henglan) | 阿爸 |
| Zhongshan(Dongfeng) | 阿爸,阿爹 |
| Zhongshan(Nantou) | 阿爸,阿爹 |
| Zhongshan(Fusha) | 阿爸 |
| Zhongshan(Shalang) | 阿爸 |
| Zhongshan(Gangkou) | 阿爸 |
| Zhongshan(Huangpu) | 阿爸,爸爸,阿爹 |
| Zhongshan(Sanjiao) | 阿大,爸爸 |
| Zhongshan(Langwang, Minzhong) | 阿爸,爸爸,阿爹 |
| Zhongshan(Minzhong) | 阿爸,爸爸,阿爹 |
| Zhongshan(Guzhen) | 阿爹 |
| Zhongshan(Banfu) | 阿爸 |
| Zhongshan(Tanzhou) | 阿爸 |
| Zhuhai(Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 阿爸,老豆 non-face-to-face |
| Zhuhai(Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 阿爸,老豆 non-face-to-face |
| Zhuhai(Doumen) | 阿爸,老豆 non-face-to-face |
| Jiangmen(Baisha) | 阿爸,阿爹,老豆 non-face-to-face |
| Jiangmen(Xinhui) | 阿爸,老豆 non-face-to-face |
| Taishan | 阿爸,阿爹,阿爺,老豆 non-face-to-face |
| Kaiping(Chikan) | 阿爹,老豆 non-face-to-face |
| Enping(Niujiang) | 阿爹,老豆 non-face-to-face |
| Heshan(Yayao) | 阿爸,老豆 non-face-to-face |
| Dongguan | 阿爸,阿叔,老豆 non-face-to-face,爸爸 childish,爹哋 childish,爸B childish,阿大 rare,老子 non-face-to-face |
| Shenzhen(Shajing, Bao'an) | 阿爸,爸爸,老豆 non-face-to-face |
| Shaoguan | 老豆,阿爸 |
| Yunfu | 老豆,阿爸 |
| Yangjiang | 阿爸,阿爹 non-face-to-face,老豆 non-face-to-face |
| Xinyi | 老豆,阿爸 |
| Lianjiang | 阿爸,老豆,爸爸 |
| Lianjiang(Cheban) | 阿爸 |
| Wuchuan(Wuyang) | 阿爸 |
| Wuchuan(Meilu) | 老豆 |
| Nanning | 阿爸,爸,老豆,老嘢 non-face-to-face |
| Hepu(Lianzhou) | 爸爸,阿叔,叔公,阿哥,俺老子 non-face-to-face,老豆 non-face-to-face |
| Hepu(Shatian) | 爸爸,阿公,俺公 non-face-to-face |
| Beihai | 爸爸,阿叔,老豆 non-face-to-face |
| Beihai(Nankang) | 爸爸,阿叔,老豆 non-face-to-face |
| Beihai(Yingpan) | 阿爸,阿叔,阿哥,老豆 non-face-to-face |
| Danzhou | 爺 |
| Kuala Lumpur(Guangfu) | 老豆,阿爸,爹哋,老頭子 non-face-to-face |
| Singapore(Guangfu) | 阿爸,爸爸,老豆 non-face-to-face |
| Gan | Nanchang | 爸爸,爺,老子 non-face-to-face,爺老子 non-face-to-face |
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| Lichuan | 爺,伯伯,家父 non-face-to-face |
| Pingxiang | 爺爺,爹爹,爸爸,爺老子 non-face-to-face |
| Hakka | Meixian | 阿爸,爺仔 non-face-to-face |
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| Xingning | 阿爸 |
| Huizhou(Huicheng; Bendihua) | 阿爸,爸爸,老豆 non-face-to-face |
| Huiyang | 阿爸 |
| Huidong(Daling) | 阿爸 |
| Dongguan(Qingxi) | 阿爸,爸爸 |
| Shenzhen(Shatoujiao) | 阿爸,爸爸 |
| Zhongshan(Nanlang Heshui) | 阿爸,爺子 non-face-to-face |
| Wuhua(Shuizhai) | 阿爸 |
| Wuhua(Huacheng) | 阿爸 |
| Wuhua(Changbu) | 阿爺,阿爸 |
| Wuhua(Mianyang) | 阿爸 |
| Wuhua(Meilin) | 阿爸 |
| Heyuan(Bendihua) | 阿爸 |
| Wengyuan | 阿爸 |
| Shaoguan(Qujiang) | 阿爸 |
| Lianshan(Xiaosanjiang) | 阿爸 |
| Liannan | 爸 |
| Guangzhou(Lütian, Conghua) | 阿爸,父親 non-face-to-face |
| Jiexi | 爺 |
| Zhao'an(Xiuzhuan) | 阿爸 |
| Changting | 爹爹,哥哥,爹哩 |
| Wuping | 阿哥,伯 |
| Wuping(Yanqian) | 爺哩 |
| Wuping(Pingyu) | 爸 |
| Liancheng | 伯 |
| Ninghua | 哥哥,爹 |
| Yudu | 爸爸,爺老 non-face-to-face |
| Ningdu | 爹 |
| Ruijin | 爹爹,爹子 |
| Shicheng | 爹,爸爸 |
| Shangyou(Shexi) | 爸爸 |
| Tonggu(Sandu) | 爸爸 |
| Ganzhou(Panlong) | 爸爸 |
| Dayu | 爸爸,爺爺 |
| Miaoli(N. Sixian) | 阿爸,爺仔 non-face-to-face |
| Pingtung(Neipu; S. Sixian) | 阿爸,爺仔 non-face-to-face |
| Hsinchu County(Zhudong; Hailu) | 阿爸,爺仔 non-face-to-face |
| Taichung(Dongshi; Dabu) | 阿爸 |
| Hsinchu County(Qionglin; Raoping) | 阿爸,爺仔 non-face-to-face |
| Yunlin(Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 阿怙,阿爺 non-face-to-face |
| Hong Kong | 阿爸 |
| Yangxi(Tangkou) | 老子 |
| Yangchun(Sanjia) | 阿爸 |
| Xinyi(Sihe) | 阿爸,老子 |
| Xinyi(Qianpai) | 阿爸,老豆 |
| Gaozhou(Xindong) | 阿爸 |
| Maoming(Shalang, Dianbai) | 阿叔,阿爹,阿哥,阿爸 |
| Huazhou(Xin'an) | 老子 |
| Lianjiang(Shijiao) | 阿爸 |
| Lianjiang(Qingping) | 阿爸 |
| Mengshan(Xihe) | 爸,哥 |
| Luchuan | 阿爸 |
| Sabah(Longchuan) | 阿爸 |
| Senai(Huiyang) | 阿爸 |
| Singkawang | 阿爸 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 伯伯,爹,老子 non-face-to-face |
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| Shexian | 伯,爺,相,爸爸,大 |
| Huangshan(Tunxi) | 爹,爺,爸 |
| Xiuning | 爺,阿爺 |
| Yixian | 爹爹,爸爸,官人 |
| Qimen | 爺兒,伯兒 |
| Wuyuan | 爸爸,爺 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 爸爸,大大,大,爹,老子 non-face-to-face |
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| Pingyao | 爹 |
| Yangyuan | 父親,爹,爸爸,爸 |
| Datong | 父親,爸爸,爹 |
| Xinzhou | 大大,大 |
| Lüliang(Lishi) | 父親,爸爸,爹,老子 |
| Changzhi | 爸爸,爹 |
| Linhe | 父親,爸爸,大,老子 |
| Jining | 爸爸,大 |
| Hohhot | 父親,爸爸,大,老子 |
| Erenhot | 父親,爸爸,大 |
| Pingshan | 爹 |
| Zhangjiakou | 父親,爸爸,爸,爹,大 |
| Handan | 父親,爹 |
| Linzhou | 爹 |
| Suide | 爸爸,老子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 爸爸,爺爺 dated,爹 non-face-to-face |
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| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 依爹,依爸,依爺 dated,郎爸 non-face-to-face |
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| Fuqing | 爸,爸爸,官,阿伯,阿哥,阿叔 |
| Matsu | 依爹 |
| Singapore(Fuqing) | 爸爸 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 阿爸,阿叔 euphemistic,老爸 non-face-to-face,老的 non-face-to-face,娘爸 non-face-to-face, dated |
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| Xiamen(Tong'an) | 老爸 non-face-to-face,俺爸 |
| Quanzhou | 阿爸,阿叔 euphemistic,老爸 non-face-to-face,老的 non-face-to-face |
| Jinjiang | 老爸 non-face-to-face |
| Zhangzhou | 阿爸,阿官,阿叔 euphemistic,老爸 non-face-to-face,老的 non-face-to-face,娘爸 non-face-to-face, dated |
| Pinghe | 娘爸 non-face-to-face |
| Yunxiao | 阿爸,娘爸 |
| Zhao'an | 爸,老大 non-face-to-face,老爸 non-face-to-face |
| Taipei | 爸爸,阿爸,老爸 non-face-to-face |
| New Taipei(Sanxia) | 老歲仔,老的,阿爸,老爸 non-face-to-face |
| Kaohsiung | 爸爸,阿丈,阿爸,阿將,老爸 non-face-to-face |
| Yilan | 阿丈,阿叔,阿爸,老爸 non-face-to-face |
| Changhua(Lukang) | 阿府,阿爸,老爸 non-face-to-face |
| Taichung | 爸爸,老爸 non-face-to-face |
| Tainan | 多桑,爸爸,阿叔,阿爸,俺二仔,俺爹,俺爸,阿爹,爹爹,爹親,老爸 non-face-to-face |
| Hsinchu | 阿爹,爸爸,老爸 non-face-to-face |
| Kinmen | 俺爹,俺爸 |
| Penghu(Magong) | 阿爸,爹,二仔,爸爸,老爸 non-face-to-face |
| Penang(Hokkien) | 阿爸,爸,爸爸,老爸 non-face-to-face,爹 non-face-to-face,老的 non-face-to-face |
| Singapore(Hokkien) | 爸,爸爸,阿爸,老爸 non-face-to-face |
| Manila(Hokkien) | 爸爸,爸,阿爸,老爸 non-face-to-face |
| Chaozhou | 阿爸,阿爹,阿父 non-face-to-face,父 non-face-to-face |
| Shantou | 阿爸,阿父 non-face-to-face,父 non-face-to-face,大人 non-face-to-face, honorific |
| Shantou(Chenghai) | 阿爸,父 non-face-to-face,大人 non-face-to-face, honorific |
| Jieyang | 阿爸,阿父,阿爹 |
| Haifeng | 爸,爸爸,阿爸,父,爹 |
| Johor Bahru(Teochew) | 阿爸,爸爸,阿父 non-face-to-face,爸 non-face-to-face |
| Singapore(Teochew) | 阿父,父 non-face-to-face,老父 non-face-to-face |
| Batam(Teochew) | 阿父 |
| Leizhou | 爸,兄 dated,阿 dated,尼父 non-face-to-face,父 non-face-to-face,尼阿 non-face-to-face, dated |
| Haikou | 阿爹,阿兄,阿官,阿爸,爸 non-face-to-face |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 阿爸 face-to-face,郎爸 non-face-to-face |
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| Putian(Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 阿爸 face-to-face,阿爹 face-to-face, rare,郎爸 non-face-to-face |
| Putian(Nanri, Xiuyu) | 阿爸,郎爸 non-face-to-face |
| Xianyou | 阿爸 face-to-face,阿爹 face-to-face,阿老子 non-face-to-face,老爸 non-face-to-face,郎爸 non-face-to-face |
| Xianyou(Fengting) | 阿爸 face-to-face,老師,阿老子 non-face-to-face,老爸 non-face-to-face |
| Xianyou(Youyang) | 阿爸 face-to-face,阿爹 face-to-face,阿老子 non-face-to-face,老爸 non-face-to-face |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan(Longdu, Shaxi) | 爸爸,爹,老子 non-face-to-face |
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| Southern Pinghua | Nanning(Tingzi) | 爸,數字,數老,阿叔 dated,老子 non-face-to-face |
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| Wu | Shanghai | 爸爸,老爸,爹爹 dated,阿伯 dated |
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| Shanghai(Songjiang) | 阿爸,爹 |
| Shanghai(Chuansha, Pudong) | 阿爸,老爸 |
| Shanghai(Fengxian) | 阿爸 |
| Shanghai(Jinshan) | 阿爸 |
| Shanghai(Qingpu) | 阿爸 |
| Shanghai(Jiading) | 阿爹 |
| Shanghai(Chongming) | 爹爹,阿爹 uncommon,爺,爺爺 |
| Suzhou | 爹爹 |
| Danyang | 爹爹,爹,爸爸 |
| Hangzhou | 爹,阿伯,爸爸,老子 non-face-to-face |
| Ningbo | 阿伯,爸爸,爹 non-face-to-face,阿爹 non-face-to-face,老頭子 |
| Wenzhou | 阿爸,阿伯,阿大 |
| Jinhua | 伯伯,爹爹,爸爸 |
| Jinhua(Tangxi) | 伯 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 爹爹,爺爺,爺,爺老倌 non-face-to-face,爺老子 non-face-to-face |
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| Loudi | 爹爹,爺老倌 non-face-to-face,爺老子 non-face-to-face,爺 non-face-to-face,老人家 non-face-to-face |
| Shuangfeng | 爹爹,爺 |
| Hengyang | 爸爸 new-style,爹爹 old style,爺老子 non-face-to-face,爺 non-face-to-face,爺老倌子 non-face-to-face,老子 non-face-to-face |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 大,爹爹,爸爸,爺子 non-face-to-face,大子 non-face-to-face |
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