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多桑

多桑

Chinese

		many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	mulberry tree
simp. and trad. (多桑)		多	桑

Noun

多桑

(Taiwan, rare) father

Synonyms

父親／父亲 (fùqīn), 爸爸 (bàba), 爹 (diē)
(Min Nan) 阿爸 (ābà), 爹爹 (diēdie), 老爸 (lǎobà)

Related terms

卡桑 (kǎsāng)

References

“tò-sàng”, in Tai-gi Hôa-gí Sòaⁿ-téng Sû-tián (台語-華語線頂辭典) (in Mandarin/Min Nan), accessed 2011-12-12

Etymology

From Japanese お父さん, 父さん.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): duōsāng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛㄙㄤ
Min Nan (POJ): tò-sàng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: duōsāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛㄙㄤ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duosang
  - IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ sɑŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tò-sàng
  - Tâi-lô: tò-sàng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doirsaxng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɤ²¹⁻⁵³ saŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɤ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ saŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɤ²¹⁻⁵³ saŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /to¹¹⁻⁵³ saŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ saŋ²¹/