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老爺

简老爷 · 繁老爺

Mandarin · pinyin lǎo ye

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3–5 · lao3 ye5

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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 10 senses · 1 Cantonese reading

lou5 je4

Cantonese word readings for 老爺. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

lou5 je4

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master; lord
(Mandarin, Jin, colloquial) alternative form of 姥爺 /姥爷 (lǎoye, “maternal grandfather; grandpa”)
(Cantonese) father-in-law (husband's father)
(Wanrong Mandarin, Jin) great-grandfather (particularly paternal grandfather's father)
(Taiwanese Hakka) one's old father
Term of address to a master by a servant.
Term of address used by a woman to her husband.
(Teochew) male god; deity