How to Say ‘What about your dad?’ in Simplified Chinese
你爸爸呢？
nǐ bà bà ne
[nee bah-bah nuh]
💬 Usage Tip: [A呢？] is a very common shortcut for "what about A?" after something similar was just mentioned. Here [你爸爸呢？] naturally means "What about your dad?" not literally "Your dad where?"
Phrase Breakdown
你爸爸
nǐ bà bà
your father; your dad
Refers to the listener's father.
你爸爸在哪儿？
Where is your dad?
Words in this phrase
你
nǐ
[nee]
you
An informal singular pronoun used to address one person as 'you'.
你爸爸呢？
What about your dad?
爸爸
bà bà
[bah-bah]
dad; father
A common and natural way to say 'dad' or 'father' in Chinese.
我爸爸很高。
My dad is very tall.
呢
ne
[nuh]
(question particle); what about...?
Used at the end of a question to ask about someone or something already being discussed.
你爸爸呢？
What about your dad?
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