少爷 meaning in English

shàoye

son of the boss; young master of the house

Traditional 少爺10 strokes

Meaning of 少爷

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shàoye
  1. son of the boss
  2. young master of the house
  3. your son (honorific)

少爷 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

汤tāng姆mǔ是shì空kōng中zhōng少shào爷yé。
Tom is a flight attendant.

Stroke order for each character

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少 shǎo · few · 4 strokes

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  2. 2
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爷 yé · grandfather · 6 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 少爷.

多少duōshaonumber; amount; somewhat
爷爷yéye(coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa
不少bù shǎomany; quite a few; a good number of
少年shàoniánearly youth; youngster
青少年qīng-shàoniánadolescent; youth
少数shǎoshùsmall number; few
至少zhìshǎoat least; (to say the) least
缺少quēshǎolack; shortage of
减少jiǎnshǎoto lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower
大爷dàyearrogant idler; self-centered show-off
少儿shào'érchild
少女shàonǚgirl; young lady

Questions about 少爷

What does 少爷 mean?

少爷 (shàoye) means "son of the boss; young master of the house".

How do you write 少爷?

少爷 is made of 2 characters: 少 (4 strokes), 爷 (6 strokes). That is 10 strokes in total.

How is 少爷 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 少爷 is written 少爺.