grandpa

old gentleman

father (父) + phonetic (卩) = grandpa

父 is the core meaning-bearer, signaling a paternal elder. 卩 is phonetic, contributing to the yé sound rather than adding its own meaning.

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A kneeling figurePhonetic
FatherSemantic

Words with 爷

阎王爷

yán wáng yé

(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell

青天大老爷

qīng tiān dà lǎo ye

my lord (respectful form of address for an official or a magistrate in imperial China)

七爷八爷

qī yé bā yé

term used in Taiwan for 黑白無常|黑白无常[Hei1 Bai2 Wu2 chang2]

佛爷

fó ye

emperor

侃爷

kǎn yé

big talker

倒爷

dǎo yé

(coll.) a profiteer

外爷

wài ye

(dialect) maternal grandfather

大爷

dà yé

arrogant idler

大爷

dà ye

(coll.) father's older brother

天老爷

tiān lǎo ye

see 老天爺|老天爷[lao3 tian1 ye2]

太爷

tài yé

(respectful for) one's grandfather

姑爷

gū ye

son-in-law (used by wife's family)

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