爷儿 yér senior male and juniors Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 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儿 兒 r particleaffix [erhua suffix] A suffix attached to a word to form a retroflex ending, often indicating a small size, a sense of familiarity, or turning a word into a noun.