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爷爷

yé ye

HSK 3 2-character word Traditional 爺爺

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