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大爷

dà ye

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 大爺

大爷 (dà yé) means "arrogant idler; self-centered show-off; (coll.) father's older brother". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 大爷 means

1. colloquialfather's older brother
2. uncle
3. term of respect for older man

Other readings

大爷 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• dà yéarrogant idler; self-centered show-off

The characters in 大爷

• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 爷yégrandpa; old gentleman

Words containing 大爷

• 老大爷lǎo dà yéuncle; grandpa

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