大二阿伯

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	two	paternal uncle
simp. and trad. (大二阿伯)		大	二	阿伯

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tōa Jī A-peh

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tōa Jī A-peh
    • Tâi-lô: Tuā Jī A-peh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doa ji a'peq
    • IPA (Singapore): /tua²² d͡zi²² a⁴⁴⁻²² peʔ³²/

Proper noun

大二阿伯

1. (Singapore Hokkien, religion) Heibai Wuchang (two deities in charge of escorting the spirits of the dead to the underworld)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 黑白無常 (“Heibai Wuchang”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		黑白無常, 范謝將軍, 謝范將軍
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	七爺八爺
	Singapore	黑白無常
Cantonese	Hong Kong	黑白無常
Southern Min	Tainan	七爺八爺, 矮躼伯仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	大二阿伯, 大二爺伯