Keyword
grandpa
- grandfather
- old man
- Frequency
- #1230
- Strokes
- 6
Readings
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Mnemonic
父 (father) gives the meaning and 耶 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
爷爷
(coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa
大爷
arrogant idler; self-centered show-off
老爷
(respectful) lord; master; (coll.) maternal grandfather
少爷
son of the boss; young master of the house; your son (honorific)
爷
grandpa; old gentleman
老天爷
God; Heavens
王爷
prince; marquis; nobleman
老爷爷
(polite) elderly man
爷们
menfolk (collective term for men of different generations); husbands and their fathers etc
老爷子
my (your etc) old father; polite appellation for an elderly male
师爷
(historical) privately hired legal or administrative advisor to a government official; teacher's teacher (in academic lineage)
老爷车
classic car
姥爷
(coll.) mother's father; maternal grandfather
佛爷
Buddha (term of respect for Sakyamuni 释迦牟尼 (Shìjiāmóuní)); His Holiness (refers to a Buddhist grandee); Buddha; God; emperor; in late Qing court, refers exclusively to Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后 (Cíxǐtàihòu)
姑爷
son-in-law (used by wife's family); uncle (husband of father's sister)
老太爷
elderly gentleman (respectful); esteemed father
老佛爷
title of respect for the queen mother or the emperor's father; nickname for Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后 (Cíxǐtàihòu)
老大爷
uncle; grandpa
财神爷
god of wealth; very wealthy man
祖师爷
founder (of a craft, religious sect etc)
太爷
(respectful for) one's grandfather; sb's father; older people; the head of the house (used by servants); a district magistrate
爷俩
(coll.) father and his child
阎王爷
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
倒爷
(coll.) a profiteer; (business) wheeler-dealer