"爷" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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爷
Trad. 爺
Radical
Radical
(Bushou)		 父
Strokes 4
Composition
Strokes 6
Structure
Decomp. 八乂卩
父 + 卩
Prononciation
Mandarin yé
Entry Methods
Pinyin ye2
Kanji /
Cangjie
 CKSL
金乂尸中
Sijiao 802.2
Wubi WQBJ
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+7237
GB2312 D2AF
爷 yé grandpa / old gentleman
Results beginning with 爷
爷爷 yé ye (coll.) father's father / paternal grandfather / CL:個|个[ge4]
爷们 yé men menfolk (collective term for men of different generations) / husbands and their fathers etc
爷们儿 yé men r erhua variant of 爺們|爷们[ye2 men5]
Approximate Results for 爷
少爷 shào ye son of the boss / young master of the house / your son (honorific)
老爷 lǎo ye (respectful) lord / master / (coll.) maternal grandfather
大爷 dà ye (coll.) father's older brother / uncle / term of respect for older man
大爷 dà yé arrogant idler / self-centered show-off
王爷 wáng ye prince / marquis / nobleman
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
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]
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)
倒爷 dǎo yé (coll.) a profiteer / (business) wheeler-dealer
膀爷 bǎng yé topless guy (man who, in a public place, is not wearing a shirt)
家爷 jiā yé (old) a term servants used to refer to their master
舅爷 jiù yé father's maternal uncle / granduncle
侃爷 kǎn yé big talker
外爷 wài ye (dialect) maternal grandfather
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老爷子 lǎo yé zi my (you etc) old father / polite appellation for an elderly male
老天爷 lǎo tiān yé God / Heavens
老爷爷 lǎo yé ye (coll.) father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather
老大爷 lǎo dà yé uncle / grandpa / CL:位[wei4]
老太爷 lǎo tài yé elderly gentleman (respectful) / esteemed father
老爷车 lǎo ye chē classic car
财神爷 cái shén yé god of wealth / very wealthy man
祖师爷 zǔ shī yé founder (of a craft, religious sect etc)
灶王爷 Zào wáng yé Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen / also written 灶神
板儿爷 bǎn r yé (coll.) pedicab driver
官老爷 guān lǎo ye nickname for official
教师爷 jiào shī yé master of martial arts, in former times often employed by a landlord to teach fighting skills and guard the house / (fig.) sb who arrogantly and condescendingly lectures others
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]
老爷岭 Lǎo ye lǐng Chinese name for Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russia's Primorsky Krai around Vladivostok
天老爷 tiān lǎo ye see 老天爺|老天爷[lao3 tian1 ye2]
阎王爷 Yán wáng yé same as 閻羅王|阎罗王 / Yama, King of Hell / translation of Sanskrit: Yama Raja
空中少爷 kōng zhōng shào ye airline steward
七爷八爷 Qī yé Bā yé term used in Taiwan for 黑白無常|黑白无常[Hei1 Bai2 Wu2 chang2]
青天大老爷 qīng tiān dà lǎo ye (coll.) just and incorruptible official
求爷爷告奶奶 qiú yé ye gào nǎi nai lit. to beg grandpa and call on grandma (idiom) / fig. to go about begging for help
崽卖爷田不心疼 zǎi mài yé tián bù xīn téng lit. the child sells the father's farm without regret (idiom) / fig. to sell one's inheritance without a second thought for how hard one's forebears worked for it
北海道洞爷湖G8峰会  G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit
老天爷饿不死瞎家雀 lǎo tiān yé è bù sǐ xiā jiā què lit. heaven won't let the sparrows go hungry (idiom) / fig. don't give up hope / if you tough it out, there will be light at the end of the tunnel
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