爸爸bà bafather; dad
爸爸 (bà ba) means "father" or "dad." It is the word for your own father or someone else's father, as in 这是我爸爸 (this is my dad) and 我爸爸是老师 (my dad is a teacher). This entry covers that one sense of the word.
What does 爸爸 mean?
- 1.
father; dadnoun
What do the characters in 爸爸 mean?
- 爸father; dad
- 爸father; dad
How do you use 爸爸?
See it in 这是我爸爸, 我爸爸在工作 and 我爸爸是老师.
Patterns
我 / 你 / 他 + 爸爸
这是我爸爸。
Zhè shì wǒ bà ba.
This is my dad.
What are some examples of 爸爸 in a sentence?
How is 爸爸 used in a conversation?
- Speaker A:
他是谁?
Tā shì shéi?
Who is he?
- Speaker B:
他是我爸爸。
Tā shì wǒ bàba.
He is my dad.
- Speaker A:
你爸爸做什么工作?
Nǐ bàba zuò shénme gōngzuò?
What work does your dad do?
- Speaker B:
我爸爸是老师。
Wǒ bàba shì lǎoshī.
My dad is a teacher.
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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.