大爺

See also: 大爷

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	grandpa; etc.; old gentleman
trad. (大爺)		大	爺
simp. (大爷)		大	爷

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàyé

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ je⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàyé
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàyé
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-yeh²
  - Yale: dà-yé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahye
  - Palladius: дае (daje)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ jɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ je⁴
  - Yale: daaih yèh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ je⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ yé⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² jɛː²¹/

Noun

大爺

insolent person; arrogant person
你是幹活的，我不是請你來當大爺的。別老上班玩遊戲！快幹活去！ [MSC, trad.]
你是干活的，我不是请你来当大爷的。别老上班玩游戏！快干活去！ [MSC, simp.]
Nǐ shì gànhuó de, wǒ bù shì qǐng nǐ lái dāng dàyé de. Bié lǎo shàngbān wán yóuxì! Kuài gànhuó qù! [Pinyin]
You are a worker, not a boss. Don't just play games, go to work.
(archaic) patrician; nobleman
(dated) a term of address by a servant for his or her young master who is the eldest sibling
- 這裡鳳姐忽又想起一事來，便向窗外叫：「蓉哥回來。」外面幾個人接聲說：「蓉大爺快回來。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  这里凤姐忽又想起一事来，便向窗外叫：「蓉哥回来。」外面几个人接声说：「蓉大爷快回来。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE
  Zhèlǐ Fèng jiě hū yòu xiǎng qǐ yī shì lái, biàn xiàng chuāngwài jiào: “Róng gē huílái.” Wàimiàn jǐ ge rén jiēshēng shuō: “Róng dàyé kuài huílái.” [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàye

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ˙ㄧㄝ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ je⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): da³ ie¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàye
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ˙ㄧㄝ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàye̊
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-yeh⁵
  - Yale: dà-ye
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dah.ie
  - Palladius: дае (daje)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ jɛ¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ je⁴
  - Yale: daaih yèh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ je⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ yé⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² jɛː²¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: da³ ie¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /ta⁴⁵ ie¹¹/

Noun

大爺

(chiefly Northern China, colloquial) paternal uncle (father's elder brother)
(polite) old man

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 伯父 (“paternal uncle (father's elder brother)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		世父, 伯父
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		伯父
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	大爺, 伯伯, 大大 childish
	Taiwan	伯伯, 伯父
	Ulanhot	大爺
	Tongliao	大爺
	Chifeng	大爺
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	大爺
	Harbin	大爺, 大大
	Shenyang	大爺
	Singapore	伯伯
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	大爺
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	大爺
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	大爹, 大爺
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	伯, 大伯
	Wanrong	爸
	Zhengzhou	大爺, 老伯 Hui
	Xi'an	伯, 伯伯 Hui
	Xining	達達
	Xuzhou	大爺
Lanyin Mandarin	Bayanhot	大爹, 伯父
	Lanzhou	大大
	Ürümqi	伯伯
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	伯伯, 伯父
	Wuhan	伯伯, 伯爺 non-face-to-face
	Guiyang	伯伯, 伯, 伯爹 dated
	Kunming	大爹
	Guilin	伯爺
	Liuzhou	阿伯, 伯
	Shanglin (Sanli)	爺
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	伯伯
	Yangzhou	大大
	Nantong	伯伯
	Hefei	伯伯
Cantonese	Guangzhou	阿伯, 伯父, 伯爺
	Hong Kong	伯伯, 阿伯, 伯父 <>
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	阿伯, 大伯
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	伯, 阿伯
	Macau	阿伯 ><, 伯父 <>
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	伯父
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	阿爺
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	阿伯
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	阿伯 ><, 阿爺 <>
	Foshan	伯父
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	阿伯
	Foshan (Shunde)	阿伯
	Foshan (Sanshui)	阿伯
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	阿父 ><, 伯父 <>
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	阿伯
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	阿伯
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	阿伯
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	阿伯
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	阿伯
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	阿伯
	Taishan	阿伯
	Kaiping (Chikan)	阿伯
	Enping (Niujiang)	伯爹
	Heshan (Yayao)	伯父 <>
	Dongguan	伯爺
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	阿爺
	Shaoguan	阿伯
	Yunfu	阿伯
	Yangjiang	阿伯
	Xinyi	大爹
	Lianjiang	阿伯
	Nanning	阿伯, 伯爺
	Wuzhou	阿伯
	Yulin	伯公
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	伯父, 爺
	Danzhou	伯
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	阿伯
	Singapore (Guangfu)	阿伯, 伯父
Gan	Nanchang	伯爺
	Lichuan	伯兒
	Pingxiang	伯伯
Hakka	Meixian	阿伯
	Xingning	大伯
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	阿伯
	Huidong (Daling)	阿伯
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	阿伯
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	阿伯 ><, 大伯 <>
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	阿伯
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	大伯
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	大伯
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	阿伯 ><, 伯父 <>
	Changting	大伯
	Wuping	大伯
	Wuping (Pingyu)	大伯
	Liancheng	大伯
	Ninghua	伯伯
	Yudu	伯伯, 大伯
	Ruijin	伯子
	Shicheng	大伯
	Shangyou (Shexi)	伯
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	阿伯
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	阿伯
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	阿伯
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	阿伯
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	阿伯
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	阿伯
	Hong Kong	阿伯
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	阿伯
	Sabah (Longchuan)	阿伯
	Senai (Huiyang)	阿伯
	Singkawang	阿伯
Huizhou	Jixi	伯
	Shexian	伯伯
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	伯爺
Jin	Taiyuan	老老, 大爺
	Pingyao	伯父, 大爺
	Xinzhou	伯伯啊 face-to-face, 伯伯 non-face-to-face
	Taibus (Baochang)	大爺
	Linhe	大爹
	Jining	大爺, 爹
	Hohhot	大爺
	Baotou	大爺, 爹
	Dongsheng	老老, 爹爹
	Haibowan	大爺
Northern Min	Jian'ou	伯伯, 伯仔
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	阿伯
	Songxi	伯仔
	Zhenghe	伯仔
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	阿伯
	Jianyang	伯仔
	Wuyishan	伯仔
	Pucheng (Shibei)	阿伯
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	依伯
	Fuzhou (Changle)	依伯
	Fuqing	伯, 大伯
	Yongtai	依伯
	Gutian	伯
	Fu'an	伯
	Ningde	伯
	Shouning	阿伯
	Zhouning	阿伯
	Fuding	阿爺
	Matsu	依伯
Southern Min	Xiamen	阿伯
	Quanzhou	阿伯
	Zhangzhou	阿伯
	Kaohsiung	阿伯
	Yilan	阿伯
	Changhua (Lukang)	阿伯
	Taichung	阿伯
	Taichung (Wuqi)	阿伯
	Tainan	阿伯
	Taitung	阿伯
	Hsinchu	阿伯
	Penghu (Magong)	阿伯
	Penang (Hokkien)	阿伯
	Singapore (Hokkien)	阿伯
	Manila (Hokkien)	阿伯
	Chaozhou	阿伯
	Shantou	阿伯
	Jieyang	阿伯
	Haifeng	伯, 阿伯
	Bangkok (Teochew)	阿伯
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	阿伯
	Singapore (Teochew)	阿伯
	Leizhou	伯 face-to-face, 尼伯 non-face-to-face
	Wenchang	伯爹
	Haikou	伯爹
	Singapore (Hainanese)	伯爹
Puxian Min	Putian	阿伯
Puxian Min	Xianyou	阿伯
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	伯父
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	伯爺, 阿爺
Wu	Shanghai	伯伯
	Shanghai (Chongming)	伯伯
	Suzhou	伯伯, 老伯伯
	Wuxi	伯伯, 大大
	Danyang	爹爹, 伯伯
	Hangzhou	伯伯
	Ningbo	伯伯
	Wenzhou	伯伯
	Jinhua	大伯
Xiang	Changsha	伯伯
	Xiangtan	伯伯
	Loudi	伯伯
	Shuangfeng	伯伯
	Hengyang	伯伯
	Quanzhou	伯伯
Note	>< - face-to-face; <> - non-face-to-face