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爺

简爷 · 繁爺

Mandarin · pinyin yé

grandpa
old gentleman

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爷: yé · father, grandfather

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2 · ye2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

je4

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

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(literary, dialectal or in compounds) father
grandfather
(polite) grandpa; sir (term of address for an elderly man)
(archaic, honorific) sir (term of address for a rich or influential man)
(honorific) term of address for gods and the Buddha
(colloquial, derogatory or familiar, Northern China, male) I; me

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