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Character Decomposition
爷=父+卩
Etymology
father
Meanings
grandpa
old gentleman
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Words with 爷 105 total
son-in-law (used by wife's family) · uncle (husband of father's sister)姑爷gū yeBuddha (term of respect for Sakyamuni) · His Holiness (refers to a Buddhist grandee) · Buddha · God · emperor · in late Qing court, refers exclusively to Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后佛爷Fó yefather's maternal uncle · granduncle舅爷jiù yé(coll.) mother's father; maternal grandfather姥爷lǎo ye(historical) privately hired legal or administrative advisor to a government official · teacher's teacher (in academic lineage)师爷shī yéson of the boss · young master of the house · your son (honorific)少爷shào ye(dialect) maternal grandfather外爷wài yeprince · marquis · nobleman王爷wáng ye(coll.) father and his child爷俩yé liǎmenfolk (collective term for men of different generations) · husbands and their fathers etc爷们yé men(coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa爷爷yé ye(respectful for) one's grandfather · sb's father · older people · the head of the house (used by servants) · a district magistrate太爷tài yé(dialect) father's older brother; uncle伯爷bó yébig talker侃爷kǎn yé(coll.) a profiteer · (business) wheeler-dealer倒爷dǎo yéarrogant idler · self-centered show-off大爷dà yé(old) a term servants used to refer to their master家爷jiā yé(respectful) lord · master · (coll.) maternal grandfather老爷lǎo yetopless guy (man who, in a public place, is not wearing a shirt)膀爷bǎng yégod of wealth · very wealthy man财神爷cái shén yétitle of respect for the queen mother or the emperor's father · nickname for Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后老佛爷Lǎo fó yémy (your etc) old father · polite appellation for an elderly male老爷子lǎo yé zi
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