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爷
爺
yé
1. grandpa
2. old gentleman
Very Common • Top 2%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

爷
yé
grandfather, old man
HSK 3 6 丶

Compound Words (20)

佛爷
Fóye
Buddha (term of respect for Sakyamuni [[釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼<Shìjiāmóuní>]])
侃爷
kǎnyé
big talker
倒爷
dǎoyé
profiteer
外爷
wàiye
(dialect) maternal grandfather
大爷
dàyé
arrogant idler
大爷
dàye
(coll.) father's older brother
太爷
tàiyé
(respectful for) one's grandfather
姑爷
gūye
son-in-law (used by wife's family)
姥爷
lǎoye
maternal grandfather (dialectal)
家爷
jiāyé
(old) a term servants used to refer to their master
少爷
shàoye
son of the boss
爷们
yémen
menfolk (collective term for men of different generations)
爷爷
yéye
(coll.) father's father
HSK 3
王爷
wángye
prince
老爷
lǎoye
(respectful) lord
膀爷
bǎngyé
topless guy (man who, in a public place, is not wearing a shirt)
舅爷
jiùyé
father's maternal uncle
天老爷
tiānlǎoye
see [[老天爺|老天爷<lǎotiānyé>]]
官老爷
guānlǎoye
nickname for official
板儿爷
bǎnryé
(coll.) pedicab driver

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
1,006
Word Frequency Rank
1,998 of 84,292

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