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老爹

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Chinese

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old; aged; venerable
old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
 
dad
trad. (老爹)
simp. #(老爹)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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老爹

  1. (dialectal) old man; grandpa; granddad
  2. (dialectal) father
  3. (Northern Min) adoptive father
  4. (Puxian Min, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, historical) term of address for a government official (such as a mandarin bureaucrat)

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References

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  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “老爹”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 365.