Character data
爺 ye yé
grandpa; old gentleman
Character data
| Radical | ⽗ (88.9) |
| Strokes | 12 |
| SIMPLIFIED | 爷 |
Definitions
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Words containing 爺
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Buddha
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big talker
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(business) wheeler-dealer; (coll.) a profiteer
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(dialect) maternal grandfather
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self-centered show-off; arrogant idler
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term of respect for older man; uncle
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see 老天爷lǎo tiān yé
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(respectful for) one's grandfather; older people
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son-in-law (used by wife's family)
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maternal grandfather (dialectal)
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nickname for official
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(old) a term servants used to refer to their master
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young master of the house; son of the boss
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(fig.) sb who arrogantly and condescendingly lectures others
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(coll.) pedicab driver
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fig. to go about begging for help
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Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen; also written 灶神zào shén
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menfolk (collective term for men of different generations)
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erhua variant of 爷们yé men
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paternal grandfather; (coll.) father's father
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prince; nobleman; marquis
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airline steward
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nickname for Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后cí xǐ tài hòu
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grandpa; uncle
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