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HSK 3
爷
爺
yé
1.
grandpa
2.
old gentleman
Very Common • Top 2%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
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
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