大爷 (大爺)
dà ye
Pinyin

Definition

大爷 (大爺)
 - 
dà ye
  1. (coll.) father's older brother
  2. uncle
  3. term of respect for older man
大爷 (大爺)
 - 
dà yé
  1. arrogant idler
  2. self-centered show-off

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

大
dà
  1. 1 big
  2. 2 huge
  3. 3 large
  4. 4 major
  5. 5 great
  6. 6 wide
  7. 7 deep
  8. 8 older (than)
  9. 9 oldest
  10. 10 eldest
  11. 11 greatly
  12. 12 very much
  13. 13 (dialect) father
  14. 14 father's elder or younger brother
大吉
dà jí
  1. 1 very auspicious
  2. 2 extremely lucky
大家
dà jiā
  1. 1 everyone
  2. 2 influential family
  3. 3 great expert
大奖
dà jiǎng
  1. 1 prize
  2. 2 award
大话骰
dà huà tóu
  1. 1 liar's dice (dice game)

Idioms (20)

不识大体
bù shí dà tǐ
  1. 1 to fail to see the larger issue (idiom)
  2. 2 to fail to grasp the big picture
久仰大名
jiǔ yǎng dà míng
  1. 1 I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
以小挤大
yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà
  1. 1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
元恶大憝
yuán è dà duì
  1. 1 arch-criminal and archenemy (idiom)
冒大不韪
mào dà bù wěi
  1. 1 to face opprobrium (idiom)

Sample Sentences

大爷，您好了吗？后面这么多人等着呢！
dàye ，nín hǎo le ma ？hòumian zhème duō rén děng zhe ne ！
Sir, are you finished yet? There are a lot of people waiting behind you.
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哎，大爷，别忘了拿您的卡。
āi ，dàye ，bié wàng le ná nín de kǎ 。
Hey, Sir. Don’t forget to take your card.
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大爷，帮个忙。我马上出来。
dàye ，bānggemáng 。wǒ mǎshàng chūlái 。
Sir, give me a break. I'll be back out in a minute.
Go to Lesson