老爷

老爺
lǎoyé
  1. (Taiwanese Hakka) one's old father
  2. (attributive) old; vintage; classic
  3. Term of address to a master by a servant.
  4. Term of address used by a woman to her husband.
  5. master; lord
  6. old; vintage; classic
  7. one's old father

Wiktionary

Homographs

老爷 lǎoye
  1. (respectful) lord
  2. master
  3. (coll.) maternal grandfather

Entry Composition

1 老 lǎo
  1. prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
  2. old (of people)
  3. venerable (person)
  4. experienced
  5. of long standing
  6. always
  7. all the time
  8. of the past
  9. very
  10. outdated
  11. (of meat etc) tough
2 爷 yé
  1. grandpa
  2. old gentleman

Containing this entry

老爷岭 Lǎoyelǐng Chinese name for Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russia's Primorsky Krai around Vladivostok
老爷钟 lǎoyézhōng
老爷儿 lǎoyér
老爷车 lǎoyéchē
关老爷 Guānlǎoye
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