- 老爷子 lǎoyézi elderly mana polite and respectful term of address or reference for an elderly male
- 老爷爷 lǎoyéye great-grandfatherA colloquial term for one's paternal great-grandfather (the father of one's paternal grandfather).
- 老爷车 lǎoyechē classic car
- 老爷岭 Lǎoyelǐng Sikhote-AlinChinese name for the Sikhote-Alin mountain range in Russia's Primorsky Krai near Vladivostok
- 官老爷 guānlǎoye officialnickname for a government official (often used derisively)
- 青天大老爷 qīngtiāndàlǎoye honorable magistraterespectful form of address for an official or a magistrate in imperial China