grandfather
爺 is a 12 stroke, traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as yé in the second tone.
In simplified Chinese the character 爷 is used.
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*Charlie* asked Grandma if the man in the photo was his <grandfather>, but she didn't answer [YEAH] or no.
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Pronunciation
We found 1 pronunciation for 爺
Definitions for 爺 pronounced as yé
- grandpa
- old gentleman
Vocabulary
The most common words for 爺 — see all
- (coll.) father's father
- paternal grandfather
- CL:個|个[ge4]
- (coll.) father's older brother
- uncle
- term of respect for older man
- arrogant idler
- self-centered show-off
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2b - Taiwan Benchmarks for the Chinese Language
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The First 1000 Traditional Chinese Characters
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