大白兔

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	white rabbit; moon
simp. and trad. (大白兔)		大	白兔

Etymology

Sense #2 is influenced by “White Rabbit”, a brand of milk candy in China.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàbáitù

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄞˊ ㄊㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ baak⁶ tou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàbáitù
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄞˊ ㄊㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàbáitù
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-pai²-tʻu⁴
    • Yale: dà-bái-tù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahbairtuh
    • Palladius: дабайту (dabajtu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ paɪ̯³⁵ tʰu⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàbáitùr
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄞˊ ㄊㄨˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàbáitùr
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-pai²-tʻu⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: dà-bái-tùr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahbairtull
    • Palladius: дабайтур (dabajtur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ paɪ̯³⁵ tʰuɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ baak⁶ tou³
    • Yale: daaih baahk tou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ baak⁹ tou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ bag⁶ tou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² paːk̚² tʰou̯³³/

Noun

大白兔

1. (literally) big white rabbit
2. (figurative, slang) big breast (that bounces/jumps up and down as the person moves around)

See also

• 小白兔