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爺

yé

father, grandfather

Strokes
13
Radical
父
HSK
—
Tone
2

Simplified form: 爷

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 爷, the simplified form of 爺. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 老天爷啊!

    Lǎo tiān yé ā

    Oh, my God!

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  • 你爷爷多大了?

    Nǐ yé ye duō dà le

    How old is your grandfather?

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  • 爷爷买给我的!

    Yé ye mǎi gěi wǒ de

    Grandpa bought it for me!

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  • 我爷爷每天吃药。

    Wǒ yé ye měi tiān chī yào

    My grandfather takes medicine every day.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 爷

  • 爷爷yé ye 2–5(coll.) father's father; paternal grandfather
  • 大爷dà ye 4–5(coll.) father's older brother; uncle; term of respect for older man
  • 姥爷lǎo ye 3–5maternal grandfather (dialectal)
  • 大爷dà yé 4–2 arrogant idler; self-centered show-off