gū ye

Traditional: 姑爺

姑爷 (gū ye) is a Chinese word meaning “son-in-law (used by wife's family); uncle (husband of father's sister)”.

Meanings

  1. 1son-in-law (used by wife's family)
  2. 2uncle (husband of father's sister)

Characters in 姑爷

姑gū · paternal aunt爷yé · grandpa

Related words

姑娘girl爷爷(coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa老天爷God姑妈(coll.) father's married sister姑姑paternal aunt灰姑娘Cinderella少爷son of the boss大爷arrogant idler大爷(coll.) father's older brother老爷(respectful) lord爷grandpa老爷子my (your etc) old father

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