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grandfather, old man
🔤 Pictophonetic: 父 (father) provides meaning, 耶 provides pronunciation
HSK 3 ✏️ 6 strokes Common • Top 10%

Words Using 爷 (35)

爷爷
yéye
HSK 3
(coll.) father's father / paternal grandfather / CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
grandpa / old gentleman
爷们
yémen
menfolk (collective term for men of different generations) / husbands and their fathers etc
倒爷
dǎoyé
profiteer / wheeler dealer / tradesman who buys low and sell high
大爷
dàyé
arrogant idler / self-centred show-off
大爷
dàye
(coll.) father's older brother / uncle / term of respect for older man
天老爷
tiānlǎoye
see [[老天爺|老天爷<lǎotiānyé>]]
太爷
tàiyé
(respectful for) one's grandfather / sb's father / older people / the head of the house (used by servants) / a district magistrate
姑爷
gūye
son-in-law (used by wife's family) / uncle (husband of father's sister)
姥爷
lǎoye
maternal grandfather (dialectal)
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