在汉语中,“爹”这个亲属称谓用法较复杂,从语音上说,它们在普通话和各方言中有各种各样的差别;从语义上说,既可以用于祖称,也都可以用于父称,还可以用来称呼其他长辈。在不同的方言中,其所指也不完全相同。本文对“爹”这个亲属称谓的音形义及来源进行了浅要论述。 In Chinese, the use of terms such as “daddy” is more complicated. In terms of pronunciation, there are various differences between mandarin and each dialect. Semantically speaking, both can be used for ancestral names as well as both Can be used for the father, but also can be used to call other elders. In different dialects, their meanings are not exactly the same. This article has a brief discussion on the phonetic meanings and sources of the kinship terms such as “father”.