Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "爷" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "爷" in Landscape Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Pinyin
yé
Definition
grandpa / etc. / old gentleman
son-in-law (used by wife's family) / uncle (husband of father's sister)
maternal grandfather (dialectal)
son of the boss / young master of the house / your son (honorific)
clay rabbit for the Mid-Autumn Festival / Lord Rabbit
father and son / uncle and nephew / grandfather and grandson
(respectful) lord / master / (coll.) maternal grandfather
Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen / also written 灶神
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 / God / emperor / in late Qing court, refers exclusively to Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4]
menfolk (collective term for men of different generations) / husbands and their fathers etc
erhua variant of 爺們|爷们[ye2 men5]
men of two or more generations
arrogant idler / self-centered show-off
(coll.) father's father / paternal grandfather / CL:個|个[ge4]
my (you etc) old father / polite appellation for an elderly male
father's maternal uncle / granduncle
(respectful for) one's grandfather / sb's father / older people / the head of the house (used by servants) / a district magistrate
god of wealth / very wealthy man