阿爺

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Chinese

phonetic; (final part.); (interj.)
phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people
 
grandpa; etc.; old gentleman
trad. (阿爺)
simp. (阿爷)

Pronunciation


Noun

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  1. (archaic, Southwestern Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, dialectal Wu) father; dad
  2. (Central Plains Mandarin, Lanyin Mandarin, Southwestern Mandarin, Cantonese, Zhejiang Wu) paternal grandfather
  3. (dialectal Cantonese, dialectal Eastern Min, Pinghua, Puxian Min, dialectal Wu) uncle (father's elder brother)
  4. (Lanyin Mandarin) maternal grandfather
  5. (Taishanese, obsolete) father-in-law (wife's father)
  6. (Cantonese, figurative) the public; the country
  7. (Hong Kong Cantonese, figurative, humorous) the central government of the People's Republic of China

Synonyms

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