太爺

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Chinese

too (much); very; extremely
too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest
 
 grandpa; etc.; old gentleman
trad. (太爺) 太 爺
simp. (太爷) 太 爷

Pronunciation

Noun

太爺

  1. paternal grandfather
  2. head of the house (used by servants)
  3. district magistrate
  4. (dialectal) paternal great-grandfather (the father of one's paternal grandfather)

Synonyms

  • (great-grandfather):
Dialectal synonyms of 曾祖父 (“great-grandfather (paternal grandfather's father)”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 曾祖
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 曾祖父, 曾祖
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 老祖兒, 曾祖父 non-face-to-face
Taiwan 曾祖父
Harbin 太爺
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 太爺, 老太爺, 曾祖父 non-face-to-face
Jinan 老爺爺
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 老太爺
Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 老爺
Xi'an 太爺
Xining 太爺
Xuzhou 老太爺
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 太爺爺
Lanzhou 太爺
Ürümqi 太爺
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 祖祖
Wuhan 老爺爺, 老爹爹
Guiyang 老祖祖, 老祖, 祖祖
Kunming 老公公
Liuzhou 太爹, 太公
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 太爺
Nantong 太公, 太太, 男太太
Cantonese Guangzhou 太爺, 太公
Hong Kong 太爺, 太公
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 太公
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 太公
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 太公
Taishan 白公
Yangjiang 太公
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 太公
Gan Nanchang 太公
Lichuan 曾公
Pingxiang 老公公
Hakka Meixian 公太
Xingning 公白
Huidong (Daling) 阿公太
Dongguan (Qingxi) 太公
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 太公
Wuhua (Huacheng) 太公
Wuhua (Changbu) 太公
Wuhua (Mianyang) 老太公
Heyuan (Bendihua) 公白
Wengyuan 太公
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 公太
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 公太
Liannan 阿太
Jiexi 公太
Luhe 公太
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 太公
Changting 太公
Wuping 太公
Wuping (Yanqian) 公太
Wuping (Pingyu) 公太
Liancheng 公太
Ninghua 公太
Yudu 太公
Ningdu 太公
Ruijin 男子太 non-face-to-face, 太太 face-to-face
Shicheng 公太
Shangyou (Shexi) 太公
Tonggu (Sandu) 公太
Ganzhou (Panlong) 太公
Dayu 太公
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 公太, 阿太, 阿公太
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 公太, 阿太, 阿公太
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 公太, 阿太, 阿公太
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 阿太, 細倈太, 公太, 阿公太
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 公太, 阿太, 阿公太
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 太公, 公太, 阿太
Hong Kong 公太, 阿太
Yangxi (Tangkou) 太公
Yangchun (Sanjia) 太公
Xinyi (Sihe) 太公
Xinyi (Qianpai) 太公
Gaozhou (Xindong) 阿祖
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 祖公, 太公
Huazhou (Xin'an) 公祖
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 公祖
Lianjiang (Qingping) 公佬
Mengshan (Xihe) 公太
Luchuan 公太
Sabah (Longchuan) 阿公太
Senai (Huiyang) 公太
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 太公
Singkawang 公太
Huizhou Jixi 太朝
Shexian 太朝
Huangshan (Tunxi) 太公, 太朝, 太老朝兒, 老爺爺
Jin Taiyuan 老爺
Xinzhou 老爺爺啊 face-to-face, 老爺爺 non-face-to-face
Northern Min Jian'ou 太公
Jian'ou (Dikou) 大翁
Songxi 大公
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 大翁
Jianyang 大翁
Pucheng (Shibei) 大翁
Eastern Min Fuzhou 大公
Southern Min Xiamen 阿祖 face-to-face, 俺祖 face-to-face, 太公 non-face-to-face
Quanzhou 太公
Zhangzhou 公祖, 太公
Taipei 阿祖, 查埔祖
New Taipei (Sanxia) 阿祖
Kaohsiung 查埔祖, 阿祖
Yilan 阿祖, 查埔祖
Changhua (Lukang) 阿祖, 阿祖公
Taichung 阿祖
Taichung (Wuqi) 查埔祖
Tainan 阿祖, 查埔祖
Taitung 查埔祖
Hsinchu 阿祖, 查埔祖
Kinmen 祖祖, 俺祖
Penghu (Magong) 阿祖, 查埔祖
Penang (Hokkien) 老公, 阿祖
Manila (Hokkien) 太公
Shantou 老公
Shantou (Chenghai) 老公
Jieyang 老公
Haifeng 老, 老老, 老公
Bangkok (Teochew) 老公
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 老公
Batam (Teochew) 老公
Leizhou 公祖
Wenchang 公祖, 阿公
Haikou 祖公, 公祖, 公祖爸
Puxian Min Putian 大公
Xianyou 大公
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 太公
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 太爹, 祖公
Wu Shanghai 太公, 男太太, 曾祖, 曾祖父 non-face-to-face
Shanghai (Chongming) 太公, 太太 face-to-face
Suzhou 太公
Danyang 太爺爺, 太公
Hangzhou 太爺爺, 太公
Ningbo 太公, 阿太
Wenzhou 男老太, 男太, 阿太, 老太 non-face-to-face
Jinhua 太公
Xiang Changsha 曾祖父, 老爹爹
Xiangtan 老毑
Loudi 太唧

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