大哥

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	elder brother
simp. and trad. (大哥)		大	哥

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàgē

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ go¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-kô
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-ko

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàgē
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàge
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-ko¹
    • Yale: dà-gē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahge
    • Palladius: дагэ (dagɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ kɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ go¹
    • Yale: daaih gō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ go¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ go¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² kɔː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-kô
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai go´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ go¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ ko²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-ko
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-ko
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxkoy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ ko⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² ko³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ ko⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ ko⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ kɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

大哥

1. eldest brother
2. a term of address for a close friend of the same age or older
3. (colloquial) male leader (especially of a gang); boss

Synonyms

• (eldest brother): 長兄／长兄 (zhǎngxiōng); (Hokkien) 大兄 (tōa-hiaⁿ)