乾爹

See also: 干爹

Chinese

		dry; clean; male dry; clean; male; strong; one of the Eight Trigrams; surname	dad
trad. (乾爹)		乾	爹
simp. (干爹)		干	爹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāndiē

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ ㄉㄧㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gon¹ de¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāndiē
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ㄉㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gandie
    • Wade–Giles: kan¹-tieh¹
    • Yale: gān-dyē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gandie
    • Palladius: ганьде (ganʹde)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ ti̯ɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gon¹ de¹
    • Yale: gōn dē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gon¹ de¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gon¹ dé¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːn⁵⁵ tɛː⁵⁵/

Noun

乾爹

1. adoptive father
2. (neologism) sugar daddy

Synonyms

• (godfather): 乾爸／干爸 (gānbà); (Cantonese) 契爺／契爷; (Northern Min) 老爹; (Eastern Min) 義郎爸／义郎爸; (Hokkien, Teochew) 契爸
• (sugar daddy): (Cantonese) 契爺／契爷

Antonyms

• 乾媽／干妈 (gānmā)
• 乾娘／干娘 (gānniáng)