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姥爷

姥爷 (lǎo ye): Maternal grandfather (dialectal) (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

姥爷 consists of 2 characters.

maternal grandmother; old woman

father, grandfather, or respectful term for an elderly man

Word Info

Pinyinlǎo ye

Meaningmaternal grandfather (dialectal)

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 5

SyntaxNoun

Word姥爷

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Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 姥爷.

Words with 姥

姥姥lǎo laoHSK 5

Words with 爷

爷爷yé yeHSK 3
大爷dà yéHSK 5

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Example Sentences with 姥爷

lǎo姥

ye爷

jīng经

cháng常

dài带

wǒ我

qù去

gōng公

yuán园

sàn散

bù步

。

My maternal grandfather often takes me to the park for walks

wǒ我

lǎo姥

ye爷

zhù住

zài在

xiāng乡

xia下

，

shēn身

tǐ

体

hěn很

jiàn健

kāng康

。

My maternal grandfather lives in the countryside and is very healthy.