侃爺

Chinese

		bold	grandpa; etc.; old gentleman
trad. (侃爺)		侃	爺
simp. (侃爷)		侃	爷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǎnyé

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˇ ㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon² je⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǎnyé
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˇ ㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǎnyé
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan³-yeh²
    • Yale: kǎn-yé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaanye
    • Palladius: канье (kanʹje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon² je⁴
    • Yale: hón yèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon² je⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon² yé⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³⁵ jɛː²¹/

Etymology 1

Noun

侃爺

1. (dialectal) tattler; big talker; idle chatter

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English Kanye.

Proper noun

侃爺

1. Kanye West (American rapper)