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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)

大爷
dàye
(coll.) father's older brother
爷爷
yéye
(coll.) father's father
HSK 3
王爷
wángye
prince
佛爷
Fóye
Buddha (term of respect for Sakyamuni [[釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼<Shìjiāmóuní>]])
侃爷
kǎnyé
big talker
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)
老爷
lǎoye
(respectful) lord
倒爷
dǎoyé
profiteer
家爷
jiāyé
(old) a term servants used to refer to their master
少爷
shàoye
son of the boss
膀爷
bǎngyé
topless guy (man who, in a public place, is not wearing a shirt)
舅爷
jiùyé
father's maternal uncle
外爷
wàiye
(dialect) maternal grandfather
大爷
dàyé
arrogant idler
爷们
yémen
menfolk (collective term for men of different generations)
灶王爷
Zàowángyé
Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen
阎王爷
Yánwángyé
same as [[閻羅王|阎罗王]]
天老爷
tiānlǎoye
see [[老天爺|老天爷<lǎotiānyé>]]

Metadata

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

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