| Variety
| Location
| Words |
| Classical Chinese |
祖父 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) |
祖父 |
| Northeastern Mandarin |
Beijing |
爺爺 |
| Taiwan |
爺爺, 阿公 |
| Ulanhot |
爺爺 |
| Tongliao |
爺爺 |
| Chifeng |
爺爺 |
| Hulunbuir (Hailar) |
爺爺 |
| Harbin |
爺, 爺爺 |
| Shenyang |
爺, 爺爺 |
| Singapore |
爺爺 |
| Jilu Mandarin |
Tianjin |
爺爺 |
| Jinan |
爺爺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin |
Yantai (Muping) |
爺, 爺爺 |
| Qingdao |
爺爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin |
Luoyang |
爺 |
| Wanrong |
爺 |
| Zhengzhou |
爺爺, 爺 non-face-to-face |
| Xi'an |
爺, 把把 Hui |
| Xining |
爺爺, 爺, 爺兒 |
| Xuzhou |
爺爺 |
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) |
爺爺 |
| Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) |
把把 |
| Lanyin Mandarin |
Yinchuan |
爺爺 |
| Bayanhot |
爺爺 |
| Lanzhou |
爺爺 |
| Ürümqi |
爺爺, 阿爺 Hui, face-to-face |
| Southwestern Mandarin |
Chengdu |
爺爺, 爺 |
| Wuhan |
爹爹, 爺爺 |
| Guiyang |
太爺, 老太爺, 爺爺 |
| Kunming |
老爹 |
| Guilin |
爺爺 |
| Liuzhou |
阿公, 公, 爺爺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin |
Nanjing |
爺爺, 把把 Hui |
| Yangzhou |
爹爹 |
| Nantong |
爹爹 |
| Hefei |
爹爹 |
| Huanggang |
爹爹 |
| Cantonese |
Guangzhou |
阿爺, 爺爺 face-to-face |
| Hong Kong |
阿爺, 爺爺 |
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) |
阿公, 阿爺 |
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) |
爺公 face-to-face, 阿公 non-face-to-face, 阿爺 non-face-to-face |
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok) |
阿公 |
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) |
阿公 |
| Macau |
阿爺 |
| Guangzhou (Xinjiao, Haizhu) |
阿爺 |
| Guangzhou (Longxi, Liwan) |
阿爺 |
| Guangzhou (Huangpu) |
公爺 |
| Guangzhou (Xinshi, Baiyun) |
阿爺 |
| Guangzhou (Shijing, Baiyun) |
阿爺 |
| Guangzhou (Jiangcun, Baiyun) |
阿爺 |
| Guangzhou (Longgui, Baiyun) |
阿公 |
| Guangzhou (Renhe, Baiyun) |
阿爺 |
| Guangzhou (Zhuliao, Baiyun) |
阿公 |
| Guangzhou (Zhongluotan, Baiyun) |
阿公 |
| Guangzhou (Jiufo, Huangpu) |
阿公 |
| Guangzhou (Panyu) |
阿爺 |
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) |
阿爺 |
| Guangzhou (Conghua) |
阿公 |
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng) |
阿公, 阿爺 |
| Foshan |
阿爺 |
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) |
阿爺 |
| Foshan (Shunde) |
阿爺 |
| Foshan (Sanshui) |
阿爺 |
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) |
阿公 |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) |
阿公 |
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) |
阿公 |
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) |
阿公 |
| Zhuhai (Doumen) |
阿公 |
| Jiangmen (Baisha) |
阿公 |
| Jiangmen (Xinhui) |
阿公 |
| Taishan |
阿爺 |
| Kaiping (Chikan) |
阿爺 |
| Enping (Niujiang) |
阿爺 |
| Heshan (Yayao) |
阿爺 |
| Dongguan |
阿公, 阿爺 |
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) |
阿公, 阿爺 |
| Qingyuan |
阿公 |
| Fogang |
阿公 |
| Yingde (Hanguang) |
阿公 |
| Yangshan |
阿公 |
| Lianshan (Butian) |
吾蒙 |
| Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) |
阿公 |
| Shaoguan |
阿公, 阿爺 |
| Shaoguan (Qujiang) |
阿公, 阿爺 |
| Renhua |
阿公, 阿爺 |
| Lechang |
阿爺 |
| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) |
爺爺 |
| Sihui |
阿公, 阿爺 |
| Guangning |
阿公 |
| Deqing |
阿翁, 阿爺 |
| Huaiji |
阿公 |
| Fengkai (Nanfeng) |
翁 |
| Yunfu |
阿爺 |
| Xinxing |
阿爺 |
| Luoding |
阿爺 |
| Yunan (Pingtai) |
阿公 |
| Yangjiang |
阿公, 阿爺 |
| Xinyi |
阿公 |
| Maoming (Xinpo) |
阿公 |
| Lianjiang |
阿公, 公爹 |
| Wuchuan (Wuyang) |
爹, 阿爹 |
| Nanning |
阿公, 爺爺 |
| Wuzhou |
爺爺, 阿爺 |
| Yulin |
阿公, 阿爺 |
| Hepu (Lianzhou) |
阿公 |
| Danzhou |
爸 |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) |
阿爺 |
| Singapore (Guangfu) |
阿爺, 爺爺 |
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) |
阿爺 |
| Gan |
Nanchang |
公公, 爺爺 |
| Lichuan |
公, 公兒 |
| Pingxiang |
公公 |
| Hakka |
Meixian |
阿公 |
| Xingning |
阿公 |
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) |
阿公 |
| Huiyang |
阿公 |
| Huidong (Daling) |
阿公 |
| Dongguan (Qingxi) |
阿公 |
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) |
阿公 |
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) |
阿公 |
| Wuhua (Shuizhai) |
阿公 |
| Wuhua (Huacheng) |
阿公 |
| Wuhua (Changbu) |
阿公 |
| Wuhua (Mianyang) |
阿公 |
| Wuhua (Meilin) |
阿公 |
| Heyuan (Bendihua) |
阿公 |
| Wengyuan |
阿公 |
| Shaoguan (Qujiang) |
公爹 |
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) |
阿公 |
| Liannan |
公 |
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) |
阿公 |
| Jiexi |
阿公 |
| Luhe |
阿公 |
| Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) |
阿公 |
| Changting |
公爹 |
| Wuping |
公爹 |
| Wuping (Yanqian) |
公爹 |
| Wuping (Pingyu) |
阿公 |
| Liancheng |
爹 |
| Ninghua |
公公 |
| Yudu |
公爹 non-face-to-face, 公公 face-to-face |
| Ningdu |
公公 |
| Ruijin |
公公, 公 |
| Shicheng |
公, 公公 |
| Shangyou (Shexi) |
爹爹, 阿爹 |
| Tonggu (Sandu) |
公爹 |
| Ganzhou (Panlong) |
爹爹 |
| Dayu |
爹爹 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) |
阿公 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) |
阿公 |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) |
阿公 |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) |
阿爹, 阿公 |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) |
阿公 |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) |
阿公 |
| Hong Kong |
阿公 |
| Yangxi (Tangkou) |
阿公 |
| Yangchun (Sanjia) |
阿公 |
| Xinyi (Sihe) |
阿公 |
| Xinyi (Qianpai) |
阿公 |
| Gaozhou (Xindong) |
阿公 |
| Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) |
阿公 |
| Huazhou (Xin'an) |
阿公 |
| Lianjiang (Shijiao) |
阿公 |
| Lianjiang (Qingping) |
阿公 |
| Mengshan (Xihe) |
公 |
| Luchuan |
阿公 |
| Luchuan (Daqiao) |
阿公 |
| Sabah (Longchuan) |
阿公 |
| Senai (Huiyang) |
阿公 |
| Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) |
阿公 |
| Singkawang |
阿公 |
| Huizhou |
Jixi |
朝, 阿朝 face-to-face |
| Shexian |
朝, 朝朝, 朝奉, 老奉 |
| Huangshan (Tunxi) |
朝朝, 老朝兒 |
| Xiuning |
阿朝, 阿爹 |
| Yixian |
老官 |
| Qimen |
老兒 |
| Wuyuan |
朝朝 |
| Fuliang |
公公, 大大 |
| Dexing |
老爹 |
| Jingde |
公公 |
| Shitai (Xianyu) |
大大 |
| Jin |
Taiyuan |
爺爺 |
| Pingyao |
爺爺 |
| Xinzhou |
爺爺 non-face-to-face, 爺爺啊 face-to-face, 呀爺 face-to-face |
| Taibus (Baochang) |
爺爺 |
| Linhe |
爺爺 |
| Jining |
爺爺 |
| Hohhot |
爺爺 |
| Baotou |
爺爺 |
| Dongsheng |
爺爺 |
| Haibowan |
爺爺 |
| Northern Min |
Jian'ou |
公公, 爹爹, 老爹 face-to-face, 爺爺 new-style |
| Jian'ou (Dikou) |
阿公 |
| Songxi |
家公 |
| Zhenghe |
公仔 |
| Zhenghe (Zhenqian) |
公 |
| Jianyang |
爹爹 |
| Wuyishan |
爹爹 |
| Pucheng (Shibei) |
公爹 |
| Eastern Min |
Fuzhou |
依公, 公 |
| Fuzhou (Changle) |
依公 |
| Fuqing |
阿公 |
| Yongtai |
依公 |
| Gutian |
公 |
| Fu'an |
公 |
| Ningde |
翁 |
| Zhouning |
阿翁 |
| Fuding |
阿公 |
| Matsu |
依公 |
| Singapore (Fuqing) |
阿公 |
| Southern Min |
Xiamen |
阿公, 俺公, 內公 non-face-to-face |
| Xiamen (Tong'an) |
阿公 |
| Quanzhou |
阿公, 引公, 內公 non-face-to-face |
| Jinjiang |
俺公, 引公 |
| Yongchun |
阿公, 公 |
| Zhangzhou |
阿公, 咉公, 內公 non-face-to-face |
| Zhao'an |
公 |
| Taipei |
阿公, 俺公, 內公 non-face-to-face; GT |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) |
阿公 |
| Kaohsiung |
阿公 |
| Yilan |
阿公 |
| Changhua (Lukang) |
阿公, 俺公 |
| Taichung |
阿公 |
| Taichung (Wuqi) |
阿公 |
| Tainan |
阿公 |
| Taitung |
阿公 |
| Hsinchu |
阿公 |
| Kinmen |
俺公 |
| Penghu (Magong) |
阿公 |
| Penang (Hokkien) |
阿公, 公, 內公 |
| Singapore (Hokkien) |
俺公, 阿公, 內公 |
| Manila (Hokkien) |
俺公, 內公 non-face-to-face |
| Pingnan (Shangdu) |
阿公 |
| Chaozhou |
阿公 |
| Shantou |
阿公 |
| Shantou (Chenghai) |
阿公 |
| Jieyang |
阿公 |
| Haifeng |
阿公, 公 |
| Bangkok (Teochew) |
阿公 |
| Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) |
內公 |
| Johor Bahru (Teochew) |
阿公 |
| Singapore (Teochew) |
阿公 |
| Batam (Teochew) |
阿公 |
| Leizhou |
尼公, 祖公, 公 face-to-face |
| Wenchang |
公 |
| Haikou |
爸 non-face-to-face, 公 non-face-to-face, 阿爸 face-to-face, 阿公 face-to-face |
| Singapore (Hainanese) |
阿公 |
| Puxian Min |
Putian |
阿公 |
| Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) |
阿公 |
| Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) |
阿公 |
| Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) |
阿公 |
| Xianyou |
阿公 |
| Xianyou (Fengting) |
阿公 |
| Xianyou (Youyang) |
阿公 |
| Southern Pinghua |
Nanning (Tingzi) |
爹, 太公, 阿爹, 阿公 |
| Northern Pinghua |
Guilin (Dahe) |
爹爹 |
| Shehua |
Fu'an |
翁 |
| Fuding |
阿公 |
| Luoyuan |
阿公 |
| Sanming |
阿公 |
| Shunchang |
阿翁 |
| Hua'an |
公 |
| Cangnan |
公 |
| Wu |
Shanghai |
老爹, 爺爺 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) |
裡公 |
| Suzhou |
阿爹 |
| Wuxi |
爺爺 |
| Danyang |
爺爺 |
| Hangzhou |
爹爹, 爺爺, 阿爹 |
| Ningbo |
阿爺 |
| Wenzhou |
阿爺, 祖公 non-face-to-face, 祖公爺 non-face-to-face |
| Jinhua |
爺爺 |
| Xiang |
Changsha |
爹爹, 爺爺, 公公 |
| Xiangtan |
公公, 公毑 |
| Loudi |
阿公, 公公, 佳佳 |
| Shuangfeng |
公公 |
| Hengyang |
爺爺 |
| Quanzhou |
爹爹 |
| Note |
GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified) |
