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大爷 (dà ye): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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大爷

大爷 (dà ye): Arrogant idler (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

大爷 consists of 2 characters.

father, grandfather, or respectful term for an elderly man

Word Info

Pinyindà ye

Meaningarrogant idler

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 5

SyntaxNoun

Word大爷

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Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 大爷.

Words with 大

大学Dà xuéHSK 1
大学生dà xué shēngHSK 1
大家dà jiāHSK 2
大人dà renHSK 3
大小dà xiǎoHSK 3
大衣dà yīHSK 3
大熊猫dà xióng māoHSK 3
大厅dà tīngHSK 4

Words with 爷

爷爷yé yeHSK 3
姥爷lǎo yeHSK 5

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Example Sentences with 大爷

zhè这

wèi位

dà大

yé爷

jīng经

cháng常

zài在

lóu楼

xià下

xià下

qí棋

。

This elderly gentleman often plays chess downstairs.

Nà那

ge个

zhěng整

tiān天

zhǐ指

shǒu手

huà画

jiǎo脚

què却

bù

不

gàn干

huó活

de的

rén人

zhēn真

shì是

gè个

dà大

yé爷

。

That person who bosses people around all day but doesn't do any work is a real arrogant idler.