一哥

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	elder brother
simp. and trad. (一哥)		一	哥

Etymology

“Commissioner of Police of Hong Kong”

The number plate of the Commissioner's car is "1", without other alphabets.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīgē

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄍㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ go¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīgē
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄍㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yige
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-ko¹
    • Yale: yī-gē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ige
    • Palladius: игэ (igɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīgēr
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄍㄜㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yiger
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-ko¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: yī-gēr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ige'l
    • Palladius: игэр (igɛr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ kɤɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ go¹
    • Yale: yāt gō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ go¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ go¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ kɔː⁵⁵/

Noun

一哥

1. (colloquial) top-ranked male; leader
2. (Hong Kong, colloquial) Commissioner of Police