大爷
dàye
older man; uncle
Characters in this word
爷 yé
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 父 — father, dad
- Made of
- 父 father, dad 卩 seal
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 大爷您好。 Dàye nín hǎo. Good day, sir.
- 大爷在散步。 Dàye zài sànbù. The older man is taking a walk.
- 我问大爷路。 Wǒ wèn dàye lù. I ask the older man for directions.
Related words
- 不大 búdà not very, not much
- 大 dà big, large; older
- 大学 dàxué university
- 大学生 dàxuéshēng university student
- 大部分 dàbùfen most; the greater part
- 大大 dàdà greatly; much more
- 大多数 dàduōshù the majority; most
- 大海 dàhǎi sea; ocean
- 大家 dàjiā everyone
- 大量 dàliàng a large amount of
- 大门 dàmén main entrance; gate
- 大人 dàren adult