my lord (respectful form of address for an official or a magistrate in imperial China)
trad. 青天大老爺
Also written 青天大老爺【qīng tiān dà lǎo ye】
Characters in this word
5青
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short name for Qinghai 青海[Qing1 hai3]
- Pinyin
- Qīng
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 12152 of 2500
天
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day, sky, heaven
- Pinyin
- tiān
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 211 of 2500
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
老
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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, old (of people), venerable (person), experienced, of long standing, always, all the time, of the past, very, outdated, (of meat etc) tough
- Pinyin
- lǎo
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 511 of 2500
爷
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grandpa, old gentleman
- Pinyin
- yé
- Traditional
- 爺
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 19474 of 2500