老爷子 lǎoyézi one's father Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents lǎoyézi one's father · elderly man 老爷 老爺 lǎoye master (old-fashioned) a respectful title for a government official, a powerful person, or a landlord; also used by servants to address their male employer子 zi affix noun suffix [suffix] used to form nouns from noun, verb, or adjective rootslǎoyézi old man 老爷 老爺 lǎoye husband (old-fashioned) a respectful form of address used by a wife for her husband子 zi affix noun suffix [suffix] used to form nouns from noun, verb, or adjective roots