大條

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	measure word for long, thin things (i.e. ribbon, river, etc.); a strip; item measure word for long, thin things (i.e. ribbon, river, etc.); a strip; item; article
trad. (大條)		大	條
simp. (大条)		大	条

Etymology

Originally Hokkien, as used in the expression 代誌大條／代志大条 (tāi-chì tōa tiâu, “there is big trouble”).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàtiáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ tiu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàtiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàtiáo
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-tʻiao²
    • Yale: dà-tyáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahtyau
    • Palladius: датяо (datjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ tiu⁴
    • Yale: daaih tìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ tiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ tiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² tʰiːu̯²¹/

Adjective

大條

1. (informal) careless; incautious; negligent

Derived terms

• 神經大條／神经大条

 

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-tiâu

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-tiâu
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-tiâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxdiaau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ tiau²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ tiau²⁴/

Noun

大條

1. (Hokkien, literal) large strip; large piece; large size; long one

References

• Embree, Bernard L.M. (1973) “tōa-tiâu”, in A Dictionary of Southern Min (overall work in Hokkien, English, and Mandarin), Hong Kong: Hong Kong Language Institute, page 272.