嚇大

Chinese

		to frighten; to scare; to intimidate to frighten; to scare; to intimidate; to threaten	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
trad. (嚇大)		嚇	大
simp. (吓大)		吓	大

Etymology

"to not be intimidated"

嚇大／吓大 (haak3 daai6) literally means "to grow up being intimidated", so by extension the compound means "to not be intimidated".

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàdà

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄉㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haak³ daai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàdà
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄉㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàdà
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-ta⁴
    • Yale: syà-dà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahdah
    • Palladius: сяда (sjada)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haak³ daai⁶
    • Yale: haak daaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haak⁸ daai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hag³ dai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːk̚³ taːi̯²²/

Verb

嚇大

1. (Cantonese) used to express one is not intimidated

   香港人係嚇大嘅。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   香港人系吓大嘅。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   hoeng¹ gong² jan⁴ hai⁶ haak³ daai⁶ ge³. [Jyutping]

   Hong Kong people are not intimidated.