阿爺

More information phonetic; (final part.); (interj.)phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people, grandpa; etc.; old gentleman ...

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): āyé

(Zhuyin): ㄚㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): aa³ je⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): a¹ yie³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: āyé
  - Zhuyin: ㄚㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ayé
  - Wade–Giles: a¹-yeh²
  - Yale: ā-yé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aye
  - Palladius: ае (aje)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ jɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: aa³ je⁴
  - Yale: a yèh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ je⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: a³ yé⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ jɛː²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: a¹ yie³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /a³³ jiɛ²²/

Noun

阿爺

(archaic or Southwestern Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, dialectal Wu) father; dad
- 阿爺無大兒，木蘭無長兄。 [MSC, trad.]
  阿爷无大儿，木兰无长兄。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 6th century, 《木蘭詩》 (Ballad of Mulan)
  Āyé wú dà'ér, Mùlán wú zhǎngxiōng. [Pinyin]
  Father has not an elder son, and Mulan has not an elder brother.
(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