阿爺
Chinese
phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (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 | |
alternative forms | 亞爺/亚爷 Cantonese |
Pronunciation
Noun
阿爺
- (archaic or Southwestern Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, dialectal Wu) father; dad
- (Central Plains, Lanyin and Southwestern Mandarin, Cantonese, Zhejiang Wu) paternal grandfather
- (dialectal Cantonese, dialectal Eastern Min, Pinghua, Puxian Min, dialectal Wu) uncle (father's elder brother)
- (Lanyin Mandarin) maternal grandfather
- (Taishanese, obsolete) father-in-law (wife's father)
- (Cantonese, figurative) the public; the country
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, figurative, humorous) the central government of the People's Republic of China
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 爸爸 (“dad”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 爸爸 (“father (non-face-to-face)”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 祖父 (“paternal grandfather”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 伯父 (“paternal uncle (father's elder brother)”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 外祖父 (“maternal grandfather”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 岳父 (“father-in-law (wife's father)”) [map]
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