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爹

diē

Character

What 爹 means

1. dad

Example sentences

• 她爹是日本人。
  Tā diē shì Rìběnrén.
  Her father is Japanese.
• 她老爹是日本人。
  Tā lǎodiē shì Rìběnrén.
  Her father is Japanese.
• 爹地喜欢讲有趣的事。
  Diēdì xǐhuan jiǎng yǒuqù de shì.
  Daddy loves to say funny things.
• 我一哥们儿他爹是变戏法的。
  Wǒ yī gēmenr tā diē shì biànxìfǎ de.
  I have a friend whose father is a magician.

Words starting with 爹

• 爹爹diē diedaddy; granddad
• 爹娘diē niáng(dialect) parents
• 爹地diē dìdaddy (loanword)

Words containing 爹

• 老爹lǎo diē(dialect) father; old man; sir
• 干爹gān diēadoptive father (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
• 亲爹qīn diēbiological father; real dad
• 阿爹ā diēdad; father; (paternal) grandfather
• 公爹gōng diēhusband's father
• 坑爹kēng diēto get one's father involved in a difficult situation…
• 姑爹gū diēhusband of father's sister; uncle
• 拼爹pīn diē(slang) to rely on one's father's wealth or prestige to get ahead
• 沙爹shā diēsatay (sauce)
• 糖爹táng diē(slang) sugar daddy
• 野爹yě diē(vulgar) a man sb's mother has an affair with
• 喜当爹xǐ dāng diē(neologism c. 2012) (slang) to become a stepfather when one's partner turns out to be…
• 沙爹酱shā diē jiàngsatay sauce

Characters that look like 爹

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 蛋dànegg; oval-shaped thing
• 寄jìto entrust; to place in sb's care; (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to…
• 脊jǐ(bound form) spine; backbone; (bound form) ridge
• 釜fǔkettle; cauldron
• 菁jīngleek flower; lush; luxuriant
• 胥xūall; assist; to store

Sounds the same

Read diē, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 跌to fall; to tumble; to trip