(coll.) father's older brother; uncle; term of respect for older man
trad. 大爺
Also written 大爺【dà ye】
Characters in this word
2大
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big; large; great, older (than another person), eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]), greatly; freely; fully, (dialect) father, (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
- Pinyin
- dà
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 199 of 2500
爷
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grandpa, old gentleman
- Pinyin
- yé
- Traditional
- 爺
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 19474 of 2500