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爺爺

简爷爷 · 繁爺爺

Mandarin · pinyin yé ye

(coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa

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爷: yé · father, grandfather

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2–5 · ye2 ye5

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je4 je2

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noun

(colloquial) paternal grandfather
(colloquial) Term of address for an elderly man.
(dialectal Mandarin) maternal grandfather
(dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Jin) sun

noun

(dialectal) father

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