There are many names for dads, including father, dad, dad, dadby, dad, abba, dad, old dad, dad, daddies, daddies, daddies (from the Cantonese pronunciation of the English phrase "Dadd also refers to his father as y"), grandpa, old man, old man, old man, old man, old man, old man, old man, old man, old man, old man, old man, old man, old man, old man, old man, old man, old man, old man, old man, old man, old man, old man, old man, old man, old man, old man, old man; and also the names of dads in Chongqing, Sichuan, and Chongqing. (from "Three Character Classic" in Dou Yanshan, often misspelled as Lao Dou in Cantonese), old man, Dadd, Dosan; and some places in and around Chongqing, Sichuan, call their fathers Lao Han (儿), and so on.

Ancient China is also known as dad, and in Manchu, ama. Has been dead father is known as the dead father, the first father, the first Yan, Kao, the first Kao, Huangkao; living father for the biological father, "biological father" can also refer to the blood relationship between the biological father is also known as the pro-dad (as opposed to stepfather, adoptive father or stepfather).

Additionally, the more elegant way to address one's own father is to call him "jiapa" (家父), "jiayan" (家严), "xiankao" (先考), or "yingzun" (令尊). It is important to note that sometimes a mother or a woman married to a man with children (a stepmother) will also use her children's name for their father (dad or baby daddy) to represent her husband.

In the Han Chinese royal family of ancient China, the father was called Father or Father King. In the Qing Dynasty, the royal family referred to their fathers as Huang Amma.

In some monogamous families, children called husbands other than their mother's husband "uncle," when in fact they may have been their biological fathers.

There is also a custom in some rural areas of avoiding calling a child's father "dad" or "daddy" when the child's father is the oldest of his or her brothers, and the child has to call the father "dai" (or "dada," which in this case is the same as "uncle" in the present-day name). When the father is the youngest of his brothers, the child must address his father as "uncle" (which in this case is essentially the same as "uncle" in today's terms of address). This practice is to pay attention to, both the father's life without children, avoid saying dad or dad, the child is well raised, in addition to appearing to be a thriving family.