阿爺

Chinese

		(phonetic character); (final part.); (interj.) (phonetic character); (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	grandpa; etc.; old gentleman
trad. (阿爺)		阿	爺
simp. (阿爷)		阿	爷

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): āyé

(Zhuyin): ㄚㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ je⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: āyé
  - Zhuyin: ㄚㄧㄝˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aye
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀa̠⁵⁵ i̯ɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: aa³ je⁴
  - Yale: a yèh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ je⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: a³ yé⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /ɑː³³ jɛː²¹/

Noun

阿爺

(archaic, Southwestern Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, dialectal Wu) father; dad
(Central Plains Mandarin, Lanyin Mandarin, Southwestern Mandarin, Cantonese, Southern Wu) paternal grandfather
(dialectal Cantonese, dialectal Min Dong, Pinghua, Puxian Min, dialectal Wu) uncle (father's elder brother)
(Lanyin Mandarin) maternal grandfather
(obsolete Taishanese) father-in-law (wife's father)

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