阿爺
Chinese
(phonetic character); (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people |
grandpa; etc.; old gentleman | ||
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trad. (阿爺) | 阿 | 爺 | |
simp. (阿爷) | 阿 | 爷 |
Pronunciation
Noun
阿爺
- (archaic, Southwestern Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, dialectal Wu) father; dad
- (Central Plains Mandarin, Lanyin Mandarin, Southwestern Mandarin, Cantonese, Zhejiang Wu) paternal grandfather
- (dialectal Cantonese, dialectal Min Dong, Pinghua, Puxian Min, dialectal Wu) uncle (father's elder brother)
- (Lanyin Mandarin) maternal grandfather
- (Taishanese, obsolete) father-in-law (wife's father)
- (Cantonese, figuratively) the public; the country
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, figuratively, humorous) the central government of the People's Republic of China
Synonyms
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