爺 (yé)
grandpa/grandfather
How 爺 is written
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 父 — father
- Traditional
- 爺
- Simplified
- 爷
Common words using 爺
- 大爺 dàyé
- arrogant idler; self-centred show-off
- 爺爺 yéye
- (informal) father's father; paternal grandfather; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 姥爺 lǎoye
- maternal grandfather (dialectal)
- 少爺 shàoye
- son of the boss; young master of the house; your son (honorary)
- 爺們 yémen
- menfolk (collective term for men of different generations); husbands and their fathers etc
- 爺們兒 yémenr
- erhua variant of 爺們|爷们, menfolk (collective term for men of different generations); husbands and their fathers etc
- 老天爺 lǎotiānyé
- God; Heavens
- 老爺 lǎoye
- (respectful) lord; master; (informal) maternal grandfather
- 老爺爺 lǎoyéye
- (informal) father's father's father; paternal great-grandfather
- 財神爺 cáishényé
- god of wealth; very wealthy man
- 佛爺 fóyé
- Buddha (term of respect for Sakyamuni 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2]); His Holiness (refers to a Buddhist grandee); Buddha
- 侃爺 kǎnyé
- big talker
爺 in a sentence
爺爺每天早上都在公園散步。
Yéye měitiān zǎoshang dōu zài gōngyuán sànbù.
“Grandpa takes a walk in the park every morning.”
How common is 爺?
爺 is the 1,005th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 89.3% of all running text.
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