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爷爷

yé ye

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 2 2-character word Traditional 爺爺

爷爷 (yé ye) means "grandfather (paternal)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 2 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 爷爷 means

1. colloquialpaternal grandfather; grandpa

The characters in 爷爷

• 爷yégrandpa; old gentleman
• 爷yégrandpa; old gentleman

Example sentences

• 你爷爷多大了？
  How old is your grandfather?
• 爷爷买给我的！
  Grandpa bought it for me!
• 我爷爷每天吃药。
  Wǒ yéye měitiān chīyào.
  My grandfather takes medicine every day.
• 我爷爷是个木匠。
  Wǒ yéye shì gè mùjiàng.
  My grandfather is a carpenter.
• 我照顾我的爷爷。
  I take care of my grandfather.
• 我爷爷喜欢步行。
  My grandfather likes to walk.

Words containing 爷爷

• 老爷爷lǎo yé ye(colloquial) father's father's father; paternal great-grandfather
• 求爷爷告奶奶qiú yé ye gào nǎi nailit. to beg grandpa and call on grandma (idiom); fig. to go about begging for help

Where 爷爷 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Extended Family (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yé ye correctly.
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