爷 — Chinese character
爷
yé
grandfather, old man
- Pinyin
- yé
- Radical
- 88 ⽗ (Father)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 父 卩
- Formation
- pictophonetic — father; meaning component 父; sound component 耶
- Traditional
- 爺
Common words with 爷
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 爷爷 (爺爺) | yé ye | (coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa |
| 大爷 (大爺) | dà yé | arrogant idler; self-centered show-off |
| 大爷 (大爺) | dà ye | (coll.) father's older brother; uncle |
| 老爷 (老爺) | lǎo ye | (respectful) lord; master |
| 少爷 (少爺) | shào ye | son of the boss; young master of the house |
| 老天爷 (老天爺) | lǎo tiān yé | God; Heavens |
| 王爷 (王爺) | wáng ye | prince; marquis |
| 老爷爷 (老爺爺) | lǎo yé ye | (polite) elderly man |
| 老爷子 (老爺子) | lǎo yé zi | my (your etc) old father; polite appellation for an elderly male |
| 爷们 (爺們) | yé men | menfolk (collective term for men of different generations); husbands and their fathers etc |
| 师爷 (師爺) | shī yé | (historical) privately hired legal or administrative advisor to a government official; teacher's teacher (in academic lineage) |
| 老爷车 (老爺車) | lǎo ye chē | classic car |
English words written with 爷
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.