老爺兒

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See also: 老爷儿

Chinese

master; lord son; child; diminutive suffix
trad. (老爺兒) 老爺
simp. (老爷儿) 老爷
alternative forms 老陽兒老阳儿

Etymology

A reverential name for the sun.

Alternatively, it may be a re-etymologization of 老陽兒老阳儿 (lǎoyángr).

Pronunciation


Noun

(deprecated template usage) 老爺兒

  1. (dialectal Mandarin, including Beijing Mandarin) sun

Synonyms