lǎo ye

Traditional: 老爺

老爷 (lǎo ye) is a Chinese word meaning “(respectful) lord; master; (coll.) maternal grandfather”.

Meanings

  1. 1(respectful) lord
  2. 2master
  3. 3(coll.) maternal grandfather

Characters in 老爷

老lǎo · prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity爷yé · grandpa

Related words

老prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity老兄elder brother (often used self-referentially)老师teacher老板boss老板Robam (brand)老板variant of 老闆|老板[lao3 ban3]老婆(coll.) wife老天God爷爷(coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa老实honest; sincere老鼠rat; mouse (CL:隻|只[zhi1])老公(coll.) husband

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