爷 (爺) yé
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yé
noun
grandfather
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Family
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '爺'; Guoyu '爺' n 1; Unihan '爺') -
yé
noun
father
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Unihan '爺')
Contained in
- 外爷(外爺) maternal grandfather
- 老太爷(老太爺) elderly gentleman (respectful); esteemed father
- 爷爷(爺爺) paternal grandfather
- 佛爷(佛爺) a title for the Buddha
- 青天大老爷(青天大老爺) just and incorruptible official
- 爷们儿(爺們兒) menfolk
- 财神爷(財神爺) god of wealth
- 老爷子(老爺子) my (you etc) old father; polite appellation for an elderly male
- 少爷(少爺) son of the boss; young master of the house; your son (honorific)
- 官老爷(官老爺) nickname for official
- 阎王爷(閻王爺) Yama
- 膀爷(膀爺) topless guy (man who, in a public place, is not wearing a shirt)
- 姥爷 maternal grandfather ; maternal grandfather
- 老天爷饿不死瞎家雀(老天爺餓不死瞎家雀) heaven won't let the sparrows go hungry; don't give up hope
- 灶王爷(灶王爺) Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen
- 家爷(家爺) a term servants used to refer to their master
- 老佛爷(老佛爺) title of respect for the queen mother or the emperor's father
- 老爷爷(老爺爺) father's father's father; paternal great-grandfather
- 祖师爷(祖師爺) the founder of a temple
- 老天爷(老天爺) God; Heavens
- 老爷车(老爺車) classic car
- 老大爷(老大爺) uncle; grandpa
- 大爷(大爺) arrogant idler; self-centered show-off ; father's older brother; uncle
- 侃爷(侃爺) big talker
- 空中少爷(空中少爺) airline steward
- 爷们(爺們) menfolk (collective term for men of different generations); husbands and their fathers etc
- 王爷(王爺) prince; marquis; nobleman
- 城隍爷(城隍爺) City God; Chenghuang
- 天老爷(天老爺) God; Heavens
- 倒爷(倒爺) a profiteer
- 姑爷(姑爺) son-in-law ; uncle
- 舅爷(舅爺) father's maternal uncle; granduncle
- 师爷(師爺) a teacher's father ; a clerk
- 板儿爷(板兒爺) pedicab driver
- 教师爷(教師爺) master of martial arts, in former times often employed by a landlord to teach fighting skills and guard the house
- 老爷(老爺) lord; master ; maternal grandfather ; gentleman; aristocrat ; husband
- 太爷(太爺) paternal grandfather ; a respectful form of address for a senior government official
Also contained in
国姓爷 、 刘大爷 、 秦二爷 、 老爷岭 、 常四爷 、 松二爷 、 马五爷 、 刘爷
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第四十二回 Chapter 42 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 38
- 第二回 Chapter 67 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 34
- 第二回 Chapter 118 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 25
- 第二回 Chapter 119 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 25
- 第二回 Chapter 85 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 21
- 第四十三回 Chapter 43 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 20
- 第二回 Chapter 109 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 19
- 第二回 Chapter 34 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 18
- 第二回 Chapter 43 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 18
- 第二回 Chapter 89 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 17
Collocations
- 三爷 (三爺) 提馬三爺 — History of Ming 明史, 卷二百四十一 列傳第一百二十九 周嘉謨 張問達 汪應蛟 王紀 孫瑋 鍾羽正 陳道亨 Volume 241 Biographies 129: Zhou Jiamo, Zhang Wenda, Wang Yingjiao, Wang Ji, Sun Wei, Zhong Yuzheng, Chen Daoheng — count: 36
- 赵爷 (趙爺) 楊執中卻和趙爺相好 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第十七回 Chapter 17 — count: 13
- 爷娘 (爺娘) 再長爺娘 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第三回 Chapter 3 — count: 12
- 干爷 (乾爺) 乾爺如何一向不到敝寺 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第四十五回 Chapter 45 — count: 12
- 家老爷 (家老爺) 家老爺在此 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第九回 Chapter 9 — count: 10
- 二爷 (二爺) 是二爺臨終時說下的 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第六回 Chapter 6 — count: 7
- 爷道 (爺道) 臧三爺道 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第三十一回 Chapter 31 — count: 7
- 寻爷 (尋爺) 覓子尋爺 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第五十二回 Chapter 52 — count: 6
- 王爷爷 (王爺爺) 老大王爺爺在這裡也 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第四十二回 Chapter 42 — count: 6
- 匡爷 (匡爺) 家老爺拜上匡爺 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第二十回 Chapter 20 — count: 5