姥爷 lǎoye HSK7 maternal grandfather Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 姥 lǎo noun maternal grandmother (bound form) maternal grandmother; grandma爷 爺 yé noun grandfather (bound form) grandfather; a way to address male relatives of the same generation as one's grandfather, such as 姥爷 lǎoye or 舅爷 jiùyé