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Character #684 · The First 1000

yé

grandfather

grandpa; old gentleman

Strokes
612
TraditionalSimplified
爺 爷
Poster cell
L25
01 常用词语

Common words with

  • yéye father's father
  • dàyé uncle (polite, for an older man)
  • lǎoye grandpa (mother's father)
  • lǎoye (respectful) lord
  • shàoye son of the boss
  • yémen husbands and their fathers etc
02 练习纸
Character practice sheet: nine rows, each with a model box, pinyin lines and eleven practice squares
Free printable · One page

Practice writing 爷爺

Write 爷爺 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, yé, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.

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Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet
03 千字海报
Cell L25 · 28 × 36 grid

爷爺 is #684 on The First 1000 poster.

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04 问答

Quick answers

What does 爷 mean in English?
爷 (yé) means "grandfather": grandpa; old gentleman.
How do you pronounce 爷?
爷 is pronounced yé in pinyin, with the second (rising) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄧㄝˊ.
How many strokes does 爷 have?
The simplified form, 爷, has 6 strokes. The traditional form, 爺, has 12.
What is the traditional form of 爷?
The traditional form of 爷 is 爺. 爷 is the simplified form, used in mainland China and Singapore; 爺 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
What are common words with 爷?
Common words that use 爷 include 爷爷 (yéye, father's father), 大爷 (dàyé, uncle (polite, for an older man)), 姥爷 (lǎoye, grandpa (mother's father)), 老爷 (lǎoye, (respectful) lord).
How common is 爷?
爷 is number 684 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell L25 of The First 1000 poster.

Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.