爷 ye yé

father, grandfather

HSK 3 #1007

DEFINITIONS

爷 yé
  • grandpa
  • old gentleman

STROKES

WORDS

爷爷 yé ye
HSK 3
(coll.) father's father; paternal grandfather; CL:個|个[ge4]
老天爷 lǎo tiān yé God; Heavens
少爷 shào ye son of the boss; young master of the house; your son (honorific)
大爷 dà yé arrogant idler; self-centered show-off
大爷 dà ye (coll.) father's older brother; uncle; term of respect for older man
老爷 lǎo ye (respectful) lord; master; (coll.) maternal grandfather
老爷子 lǎo yé zi my (you etc) old father; polite appellation for an elderly male
老爷爷 lǎo yé ye (coll.) father's father's father; paternal great-grandfather
爷们 yé men menfolk (collective term for men of different generations); husbands and their fathers etc
老爷车 lǎo ye chē classic car
姥爷 lǎo ye maternal grandfather (dialectal)
姑爷 gū ye son-in-law (used by wife's family); uncle (husband of father's sister)
老大爷 lǎo dà yé uncle; grandpa; CL:位[wei4]
财神爷 cái shén yé god of wealth; very wealthy man
老佛爷 lǎo fó yé title of respect for the queen mother or the emperor's father; nickname for Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4]
阎王爷 yán wáng yé same as 閻羅王|阎罗王; Yama, King of Hell; translation of Sanskrit: Yama Raja
佛爷 fó ye Buddha (term of respect for Sakyamuni 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2]); His Holiness (refers to a Buddhist grandee); Buddha; God; emperor; in late Qing court, refers exclusively to Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4]
倒爷 dǎo yé (coll.) a profiteer; (business) wheeler-dealer
王爷 wáng ye prince; marquis; nobleman
七爷八爷 qī yé bā yé see 黑白無常|黑白无常[Hei1 Bai2 Wu2 chang2]
侃爷 kǎn yé big talker
外爷 wài ye (dialect) maternal grandfather
天老爷 tiān lǎo ye see 老天爺|老天爷[lao3 tian1 ye2]
太爷 tài yé (respectful for) one's grandfather; sb's father; older people; the head of the house (used by servants); a district magistrate
官老爷 guān lǎo ye nickname for official
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