少爷 (少爺)
shào ye
Pinyin

Definition

少爷 (少爺)
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shào ye
  1. son of the boss
  2. young master of the house
  3. your son (honorific)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

多少
duō shǎo
  1. 1 number
  2. 2 amount
  3. 3 somewhat
少
shǎo
  1. 1 few
  2. 2 less
  3. 3 to lack
  4. 4 to be missing
  5. 5 to stop (doing sth)
  6. 6 seldom
不少
bù shǎo
  1. 1 many
  2. 2 a lot
  3. 3 not few
少女
shào nǚ
  1. 1 girl
  2. 2 young lady
少年
shào nián
  1. 1 early youth
  2. 2 youngster
  3. 3 (literary) youth
  4. 4 young man

Idioms (13)

人烟稀少
rén yān xī shǎo
  1. 1 no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
以少胜多
yǐ shǎo shèng duō
  1. 1 using the few to defeat the many (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
僧多粥少
sēng duō zhōu shǎo
  1. 1 lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. not enough to go around
  3. 3 demand exceeds supply
凶多吉少
xiōng duō jí shǎo
  1. 1 everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); inauspicious
  2. 2 everything points to disaster
多一事不如少一事
duō yī shì bù rú shǎo yī shì
  1. 1 it is better to avoid unnecessary trouble (idiom)
  2. 2 the less complications the better

Sample Sentences

可能他真的是封建社会大户人家的少爷吧！要不他怎么会知道这么多？
to be able to tā zhēnde shì fēngjiàn shèhuì dàhù rénjiā de shàoye ba ！yàobu tā zénme huì zhīdào zhème duō ？
Maybe he really was a young scion of a powerful family in feudal society. Otherwise, how would he know so much?
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连你这少爷公子哥都能意识到问题，想咱们英明的领导不会没个警觉的，放心吧，船到桥头自然直。
lián nǐ zhè shǎoyégōngzǐgē dōu néng yìshidào wèntí ，xiǎng zánmen yīngmíng de lǐngdǎo bùhuì méi gè jǐngjué de ，fàngxīn ba ，chuándàoqiáotóuzìránzhí 。
If even a little rich boy like you is able to realize this problem, I think our wise leaders must be alert to it, relax, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.
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