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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

老爸

lǎobà

father; dad

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

father; dad

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 老爸 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 老爸 appears in 6 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

她老爸是日本人。tā lǎo bà shì rì běn rén。

Her father is Japanese.

汤姆会被他老爸教训的。tāng mǔ huì bèi tā lǎo bà jiào xùn de。

Tom will be scolded by his father.

我给我的老爸送了一个铃鼓。wǒ gěi wǒ de lǎo bà sòng le yí gè líng gǔ。

I gave my dad a tambourine as a gift.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 老爸.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 老爸.

Directly before

  • 我老爸2
  • 她老爸1
  • 的老爸1
  • 他老爸1

Directly after

  • 老爸是1
  • 老爸到1
  • 老爸送1
  • 老爸教训1
  • 老爸知道1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 老爸

What does 老爸 mean in Chinese?

老爸 (lǎobà) means father; dad.

How do you pronounce 老爸?

老爸 is pronounced lǎobà.

Is 老爸 an HSK word?

老爸 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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