太太爺

Chinese

		great-	paternal great-grandfather
trad. (太太爺)		太	太爺
simp. (太太爷)		太	太爷

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ taai³ je⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taai³ taai³ je⁴
    • Yale: taai taai yèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ taai³ je⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai³ tai³ yé⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ tʰaːi̯³³ jɛː²¹/

Noun

太太爺

1. (Cantonese) great-great-grandfather (the father of one's paternal great-grandfather)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 高祖父 (“great-great-grandfather (father of one's paternal great-grandfather)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		高祖父, 高祖
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	高祖父
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	帥爹爹
Cantonese	Hong Kong	太太爺
	Taishan	赤公
Hakka	Meixian	公白, 阿白
Jin	Taiyuan	祖爺
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	老大公