大郎

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	youth
simp. and trad. (大郎)		大	郎

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): tai⁴ long²

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• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: tai⁴ long²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰaɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ lɔŋ¹¹/

Noun

大郎

1. (Meixian Hakka) brother-in-law (husband's elder brother)
2. (Leizhou Min, polite) a term of address for a husband, younger friend, etc. (often preceded by a name)
3. (Leizhou Min) pretty and charming youngster
4. (Leizhou Min) loafer; idler

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 大伯子 (“brother-in-law (husband's elder brother)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		大伯子, 大伯
Mandarin	Beijing	大大伯兒
	Harbin	大伯子, 大伯哥
	Yantai (Muping)	大伯
	Jinan	大伯子, 大伯, 大伯哥
	Luoyang	大伯子, 大伯
	Wanrong	阿伯子
	Xi'an	阿伯子哥 non-face-to-face
	Yinchuan	大伯子
	Xining	大伯子, 阿伯子
	Ürümqi	大伯子
	Wuhan	伯子
	Chengdu	大伯子 non-face-to-face
	Guiyang	大伯, 大伯子
	Liuzhou	大伯佬, 阿伯
	Yangzhou	大伯子
	Nanjing	大伯子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	阿伯子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	大伯, 大伯爺
	Hong Kong	大伯
	Dongguan	大伯
Gan	Nanchang	大伯子
	Pingxiang	伯仔
Hakka	Meixian	大郎
	Yudu	大伯子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	大郎伯, 大伯
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	大伯
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	大郎伯, 大伯
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	大郎伯, 大伯
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	大郎伯, 大伯
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	大伯
Jin	Taiyuan	大伯子
	Xinzhou	大伯子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	大伯
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	大伯
Southern Min	Xiamen	大伯 eldest-brother
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	安哥仔
	Tainan	大伯仔 GT
	Jieyang	大伯
	Haikou	大伯 non-face-to-face, eldest brother
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	大伯, 伯爺
Wu	Shanghai	大伯
	Shanghai (Chongming)	阿伯
	Suzhou	大伯, 伯伯
	Hangzhou	大伯
	Ningbo	阿伯
	Wenzhou	大伯爺
	Jinhua	大伯

Dialectal synonyms of 二流子 (“loafer; idler; bum”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		閒漢
Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	二流子
	Xi'an	二流子
	Yinchuan	二流子
	Chengdu	二流子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	爛仔
	Dongguan	爛仔
Gan	Lichuan	二流子
Jin	Taiyuan	二流子, 遊兒鬼
Southern Min	Xiamen	鱸鰻囝, 散仙
	Quanzhou	鱸鰻囝, 散仙
	Zhangzhou	鱸鰻囝, 散仙
	Leizhou	大郎
Wu	Danyang	二流子
Xiang	Changsha	流子
	Loudi	二流子