| 爺 | [ yé ] grandpa, old gentleman |
| 爺們 | [ yé men ] menfolk (collective term for men of different generations), husbands and their fathers etc |
| 爺們兒 | [ yé men ] erhua variant of 爺們|爷们[ye2 men5] |
| 爺爺 | [ yé ye ] (coll.) father's father, paternal grandfather, CL:個|个[ge4] |
| ⇒ 七爺八爺 | [ qī yé bā yé ] term used in Taiwan for 黑白無常|黑白无常[Hei1 Bai2 Wu2 chang2] |
| ⇒ 七爺八爺 | [ qī yé bā yé ] term used in Taiwan for 黑白無常|黑白无常[Hei1 Bai2 Wu2 chang2] |
| ⇒ 佛爺 | [ fó ye ] Buddha (term of respect for Sakyamuni 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2]), His Holiness (refers to a Buddhist grandee), Buddha, God, emperor, in late Qing court, refers exclusively to Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4] |
| ⇒ 侃爺 | [ kǎn yé ] big talker |
| ⇒ 倒爺 | [ daǒ yé ] (coll.) a profiteer, (business) wheeler-dealer |
| ⇒ 外爺 | [ waì ye ] (dialect) maternal grandfather |
| ⇒ 大爺 | [ dà yé ] arrogant idler, self-centered show-off |
| ⇒ 大爺 | [ dà ye ] (coll.) father's older brother, uncle, term of respect for older man |
| ⇒ 天老爺 | [ tiān laǒ ye ] see 老天爺|老天爷[lao3 tian1 ye2] |
| ⇒ 太爺 | [ taì yé ] (respectful for) one's grandfather, sb's father, older people, the head of the house (used by servants), a district magistrate |
| ⇒ 姑爺 | [ gū ye ] son-in-law (used by wife's family), uncle (husband of father's sister) |
| ⇒ 姥爺 | [ laǒ ye ] maternal grandfather (dialectal) |
| ⇒ 官老爺 | [ guān laǒ ye ] nickname for official |
| ⇒ 家爺 | [ jiā yé ] (old) a term servants used to refer to their master |
| ⇒ 少爺 | [ shaò ye ] son of the boss, young master of the house, your son (honorific) |
| ⇒ 崽賣爺田不心疼 | [ zaǐ maì yé tián bù xīn téng ] lit. the child sells the father's farm without regret (idiom), fig. to sell one's inheritance without a second thought for how hard one's forebears worked for it |
| ⇒ 教師爺 | [ shī yé ] master of martial arts, in former times often employed by a landlord to teach fighting skills and guard the house, (fig.) sb who arrogantly and condescendingly lectures others |
| ⇒ 板兒爺 | [ bǎn yé ] (coll.) pedicab driver |
| ⇒ 求爺爺告奶奶 | [ qiú yé ye gaò naǐ nai ] lit. to beg grandpa and call on grandma (idiom), fig. to go about begging for help |
| ⇒ 求爺爺告奶奶 | [ qiú yé ye gaò naǐ nai ] lit. to beg grandpa and call on grandma (idiom), fig. to go about begging for help |
| ⇒ 灶王爺 | [ zaò wáng yé ] Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen, also written 灶神 |
| ⇒ 爺爺 | [ yé ye ] (coll.) father's father, paternal grandfather, CL:個|个[ge4] |
| ⇒ 王爺 | [ wáng ye ] prince, marquis, nobleman |
| ⇒ 祖師爺 | [ zǔ shī yé ] founder (of a craft, religious sect etc) |
| ⇒ 空中少爺 | [ kōng zhōng shaò ye ] airline steward |
| ⇒ 老佛爺 | [ laǒ fó yé ] title of respect for the queen mother or the emperor's father, nickname for Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4] |
| ⇒ 老大爺 | [ laǒ dà yé ] uncle, grandpa, CL:位[wei4] |
| ⇒ 老天爺 | [ laǒ tiān yé ] God, Heavens |
| ⇒ 老天爺餓不死瞎家雀 | [ laǒ tiān yé è bù sǐ xiā jiā què ] lit. heaven won't let the sparrows go hungry (idiom), fig. don't give up hope, if you tough it out, there will be light at the end of the tunnel |
| ⇒ 老太爺 | [ laǒ taì yé ] elderly gentleman (respectful), esteemed father |
| ⇒ 老爺 | [ laǒ ye ] (respectful) lord, master, (coll.) maternal grandfather |
| ⇒ 老爺子 | [ laǒ yé zi ] my (you etc) old father, polite appellation for an elderly male |
| ⇒ 老爺嶺 | [ laǒ ye lǐng ] Chinese name for Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russia's Primorsky Krai around Vladivostok |
| ⇒ 老爺爺 | [ laǒ yé ye ] (coll.) father's father's father, paternal great-grandfather |
| ⇒ 老爺爺 | [ laǒ yé ye ] (coll.) father's father's father, paternal great-grandfather |
| ⇒ 老爺車 | [ laǒ ye chē ] classic car |
| ⇒ 膀爺 | [ bǎng yé ] topless guy (man who, in a public place, is not wearing a shirt) |
| ⇒ 舅爺 | [ jiù yé ] father's maternal uncle, granduncle |
| ⇒ 財神爺 | [ caí shén yé ] god of wealth, very wealthy man |
| ⇒ 閻王爺 | [ yán wáng yé ] same as 閻羅王|阎罗王, Yama, King of Hell, translation of Sanskrit: Yama Raja |
| ⇒ 青天大老爺 | [ qīng tiān dà laǒ ye ] (coll.) just and incorruptible official |