做大人

Chinese

		to do; to make; to produce	adult; grown-up; person of high rank
simp. and trad. (做大人)		做	大人

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chò-tōa-lâng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chò-tōa-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: tsò-tuā-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoirdoaxlaang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡so²¹⁻⁵³ tua²²⁻²¹ laŋ¹³/

Verb

做大人

1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to get married; to marry

Synonyms

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• 作對／作对 (zuòduì, “to pair off in marriage”)
• 匹偶 (pǐ'ǒu) (literary)
• 匹配 (pǐpèi)
• 娶 (of a man)
• 婚嫁 (hūnjià)
• 婚配 (hūnpèi)
• 嫁 (jià) (of a woman)
• 嫁娶 (jiàqǔ)
• 安家 (ānjiā) (figurative)
• 完婚 (wánhūn)
• 完成 (wánchéng) (literary)
• 成婚 (chénghūn)
• 成家 (chéngjiā) (of a man)
• 成親／成亲 (chéngqīn)
• 桃夭 (táoyāo) (literary)
• 𤆬 (“to take a wife”) (Hokkien, Teochew, Leizhou Min)
• 𤆬新娘 (“to take a wife”) (Min Nan)
• 𤆬新婦／𤆬新妇 (“to take a wife”)
• 結合／结合 (jiéhé)
• 結婚／结婚 (jiéhūn)
• 聯結／联结 (liánjié)