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大爷

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Pīnyīn
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HSK
(coll.) father's older brother / uncle / term of respect for older man
HSK 4
arrogant idler / self-centered show-off

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Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
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Four corner
Cangjie
大
component searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *大* | 大* | *大
3画
big, great, vast, large, high
4003.0
K
爷
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *爷* | 爷* | *爷
6画
father, grandfather
爺
8022
CKSL

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
大爷
arrogant idler / self-centered show-off
大爷
(coll.) father's older brother / uncle / term of respect for older man
大
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *大* | 大* | *大
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
大
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *大* | 大* | *大
see 大夫
 爷
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *爷* | 爷* | *爷
grandpa / old gentleman