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老爷 (lǎo ye): Master (noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

老 • lǎo • old; aged • HSK 2.0 L3

HSK 3

lǎo老

old; aged

爷 • ye • father, grandfather, or respectful term for an elderly man

ye爷

father, grandfather, or respectful term for an elderly man

Word Info

Pinyinlǎo ye

Meaningmaster; lord (historical term for a male authority figure)

Characters2

HSK—

Syntaxnoun

Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 老爷.

Words with 老

老师lǎo shīteacher
老人lǎo rénold man or woman
老家lǎo jiānative place
老年lǎo nián

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elderly

老是lǎo shialways

老虎lǎo hǔtiger

古老gǔ lǎoancient

老公lǎo gōng(coll.) husband

Words with 爷

爷爷yé yegrandfather [father's father]
大爷dà yéarrogant idler
姥爷lǎo yematernal grandfather (dialectal)
少爷shào yeyoung master, son of a wealthy family
爷们yé menman; guys (colloquial)
老大爷lǎo dà yéelderly man (polite term)
老天爷lǎo tiān yéHeavens; God (colloquial)
老爷子lǎo yé ziold man; respectful term for elderly man

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Example Sentences with 老爷

Lǎo老

ye爷

huí回

lái来

le了

。

The master has returned.

Zài在

gǔ古

dài代

，

pú仆

rén人

dōu都

yào要

tīng听

lǎo

Zhè这

wèi位

lǎo老

ye爷

zài在

cūn村

lǐ里

hěn很

yǒu有

老

ye爷

de的

huà话

。

In ancient times, servants had to obey the master's orders.

wēi威

wàng望

。

This lord had great prestige in the village.