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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yé | ye2
English translation
grandfather, old man

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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father

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

父耶

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
爷爷 yéye (coll.) father's father爺爺
grandpa
老天爷 lǎo tiān yé God老天爺
大爷 dà yé uncle大爺
少爷 shào ye son of the boss少爺
老爷 lǎo ye master老爺
老爷子 lǎo yé zi my (you etc) old father老爺子
爷们 yé men husbands and their fathers etc爺們
王爷 wáng ye prince王爺
老爷爷 lǎo yé ye (coll.) father's father's father老爺爺
老爷车 lǎo ye chē classic car老爺車
老大爷 lǎo dà yé uncle老大爺
爷们儿 yé men r husbands and their fathers etc爺們兒
老佛爷 Lǎo fó yé nickname for Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后 Cí xǐ tài hòu [Cí​xǐ​tài​hòu]老佛爺
财神爷 cái shén yé god of wealth財神爺
姑爷 gū ye son-in-law (used by wife's family)姑爺
姥爷 lǎo ye maternal grandfather (dialectal)姥爺
老太爷 lǎo tài yé esteemed father老太爺
佛爷 Fó ye Buddha佛爺
太爷 tài yé sb's father太爺
阎王爷 Yán wáng yé same as 閻羅王|阎罗王 Yán luó Wáng 閻王爺
倒爷 dǎo yé profiteer倒爺
灶王爷 Zào wáng yé also written 灶神 Zào shén 灶王爺

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