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Mythic Mandarin

爷爷 (yé ye): meaning and stroke order

爷爷 (yé ye) means (coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa.

爷爷

Simplified
爷爷
Traditional
爺爺
Pinyin
yé ye

Stroke order of 爷爷

爷

  • yé grandpa; old gentleman
  • 6 strokes
  • Traditional form: 爺

Stroke by stroke

爷

  • yé grandpa; old gentleman
  • 6 strokes
  • Traditional form: 爺

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 爷爷

  1. yé ye Traditional 爺爺
    • (coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa

Radicals of the characters

爷
Radical 父 (Kangxi radical 88) · 6 strokes · 父 on top, 卩 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

爷爷 in our stories

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  • 春节前一天，冬冬和爸爸妈妈坐火车回爷爷奶奶家。

    Chūnjié qián yì tiān Dōngdong hé bàba māma zuò huǒchē huí yéye nǎinai jiā

    The day before the Spring Festival, Dongdong and his parents take the train to his grandparents' home.

    From the story New Year at Grandma and Grandpa's HSK 2

  • 爷爷来店里，给他讲了一个老故事：一个农民看见兔子撞死在树下，就天天守在树旁边，再也不种地了。

    yéye lái diàn lǐ gěi tā jiǎng le yí gè lǎo gùshi yí gè nóngmín kànjiàn tùzi zhuàng sǐ zài shù xià jiù tiāntiān shǒu zài shù pángbiān zài yě bú zhòng dì le

    His grandfather came to the shop and told him an old story: a farmer saw a hare run into a tree and die, so he sat by the tree every day and never worked his field again.

    From the story Waiting by the tree stump HSK 4

  • 正说着，一个小男孩抱着一只开了口的足球鞋跑过来：“杜爷爷，明天比赛，救命啊！”

    zhèng shuō zhe yí gè xiǎo nánhái bào zhe yì zhī kāi le kǒu de zúqiúxié pǎo guòlai Dù yéye míngtiān bǐsài jiùmìng a

    Just then a little boy ran up clutching a football boot with its sole coming away: "Grandpa Du, I've got a match tomorrow. Help!"

    From the story Old Du on the corner HSK 6

Stories using 爷爷

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).