大姐
Chinese
big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
older sister | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (大姐) | 大 | 姐 | |
| simp. #(大姐) | 大 | 姐 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): daai6 ze2 / daai6 ze2-1
- Gan (Wiktionary): 'tai5 jia3
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-chiá
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: dàjiě
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄝˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dàjiě
- Wade–Giles: ta4-chieh3
- Yale: dà-jyě
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahjiee
- Palladius: дацзе (dacze)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tä⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- Homophones:
大姐
大解
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: daai6 ze2 / daai6 ze2-1
- Yale: daaih jé / daaih jē
- Cantonese Pinyin: daai6 dze2 / daai6 dze2-1
- Guangdong Romanization: dai6 zé2 / dai6 zé2-1
- Sinological IPA (key): /taːi̯²² t͡sɛː³⁵/, /taːi̯²² t͡sɛː³⁵⁻⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-chiá
- Tâi-lô: tuā-tsiá
- Phofsit Daibuun: doaxciar
- Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ t͡sia⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
Noun
大姐
- eldest sister
- A polite term of address for a woman slightly older than the speaker.
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) official wife (as opposed to a concubine)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 大老婆 (“official wife; primary wife”) [map]