舅爷 jiùyé granduncle Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents jiùyé granduncle · maternal uncle 舅 jiù noun maternal uncle mother's brother; maternal uncle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 jiùyéjiùyé brother-in-law 舅 jiù brother-in-law (bound form) wife's brother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 jiùyéjiùyé master's brother-in-law 舅 jiù brother-in-law (bound form) wife's brother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