少爷 shàoye young master Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 少 shào noun young young; youthful; (bound form) junior rank in the military爷 爺 yé noun sir (bound form) a polite form of address for an older man or a man of a father's generation; in former times, a title for a master or social superior, as in 老爷 lǎoye or 少爷 shàoye