爷
Tap the pinyin to hear it
grandpa; old gentleman
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
grandfather · Heisig RSH #2434
父 father + chop
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 爷
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 爷爷 | (coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa | |
| 青天大老爷 | my lord (respectful form of address for an official or a magistrate in imperial China) | |
| 老大爷 | uncle; grandpa; CL:位[wei4] | |
| 老爷子 | my (your etc) old father; polite appellation for an elderly male | |
| 天老爷 | see 老天爺|老天爷[lao3 tian1 ye2] | |
| 老天爷 | God; Heavens | |
| 老爷车 | classic car | |
| 空中少爷 | airline steward | |
| 板儿爷 | (coll.) pedicab driver | |
| 老太爷 | elderly gentleman (respectful); esteemed father | |
| 官老爷 | nickname for official | |
| 教师爷 | master of martial arts, in former times often employed by a landlord to teach fighting ski… | |
| 老天爷饿不死瞎家雀 | lit. heaven won't let the sparrows go hungry (idiom); fig. don't give up hope; if you toug… | |
| 老佛爷 | title of respect for the queen mother or the emperor's father; nickname for Empress Dowage… | |
| 大爷 | arrogant idler; self-centered show-off | |
| 大爷 | (coll.) father's older brother; uncle; term of respect for older man | |
| 家爷 | (old) a term servants used to refer to their master | |
| 财神爷 | god of wealth; very wealthy man | |
| 外爷 | (dialect) maternal grandfather | |
| 老爷 | (respectful) lord; master; (coll.) maternal grandfather |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 耶 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 耶 sound part | used in transliterations | |
| 椰 | palm tree, coconut tree | |
| 倻 | used to transliterate Korean place names | |
| 揶 | to ridicule, to poke fun at |