lǎo​yé​zi

one's father

  • created sense approved 老爷子/老爺子 · lǎo​yé​zi · one's father — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    老爷子 / 老爺子

    lǎo​yé​zi

    one's father

    a respectful way to refer to one's own or someone else's father, father-in-law, or an elderly male family member

    老爷 (literal) → 老爷/老爺 · lǎo​ye · master 子 (bound) → 子 · zi · noun suffix

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 老爷子/老爺子 · lǎo​yé​zi · elderly man — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    老爷子 / 老爺子

    lǎo​yé​zi

    elderly man

    a respectful form of address for an elderly man; can be used directly or as a way of referring to him

    老爷 (literal) → 老爷/老爺 · lǎo​ye · master 子 (bound) → 子 · zi · noun suffix

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 老爷子/老爺子 · lǎo​yé​zi · old man — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    老爷子 / 老爺子

    lǎo​yé​zi

    old man

    (colloquial) an affectionate nickname used by a woman for her elderly husband

    老爷 (literal) → 老爷/老爺 · lǎo​ye · husband 子 (bound) → 子 · zi · noun suffix

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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