太爺
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest |
grandpa; etc.; old gentleman | ||
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trad. (太爺) | 太 | 爺 | |
simp. (太爷) | 太 | 爷 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄧㄝˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tàiyé
- Wade–Giles: tʻai4-yeh2
- Yale: tài-yé
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tayye
- Palladius: тайе (tajje)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ jɛ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: taai3 je4
- Yale: taai yèh
- Cantonese Pinyin: taai3 je4
- Guangdong Romanization: tai3 yé4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰaːi̯³³ jɛː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Xiang
- (Hengyang)
- Wiktionary: tai4 ie2
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰai̯³²⁴ i̯e̞¹¹/
- (Hengyang)
Noun
[edit]太爺
- paternal grandfather
- head of the house (used by servants)
- district magistrate
- (dialectal) paternal great-grandfather (the father of one's paternal grandfather)
Synonyms
[edit]- (great-grandfather):