阎王爷 yánwángyé King of Hell Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents yánwángyé King of Hell 阎王 閻王 yánwang King of Hell Yama, the king and judge of the dead in Buddhist tradition爷 爺 yé noun deity (bound form) a title of respect for a god or Buddha, such as 老天爷 lǎotiānyé or 财神爷 cáishényéyánwángyé fearsome person 阎王 閻王 yánwang tyrant A cruel, fierce, or tyrannical person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