大肚黃
See also: 大肚黄
Chinese edit
pregnant | Wong; Huang (surname) | ||
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trad. (大肚黃) | 大肚 | 黃 | |
simp. (大肚黄) | 大肚 | 黄 | |
Literally: “pregnant Wong”. |
Etymology edit
From the resemblance of the character 黃/黄 to a pregnant woman.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
大肚黃
- (Cantonese, Hakka, Guangxi Mandarin, Jinhua Wu, Nanning Pinghua) the surname 黃/黄
Usage notes edit
The surnames 黃/黄 and 王 are homophones in Cantonese and Hakka, so 大肚黃/大肚黄 (or 江夏黃/江夏黄) and 三畫王/三画王 are used to distinguish the two surnames.
Synonyms edit
Variety | Location | Words |
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Mandarin | Liuzhou | 大肚黃 |
Nanning (Wuming) | 大肚黃 | |
Nanjing | 草頭黃 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 大肚黃 |
Hong Kong | 大肚黃, 江夏黃 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 草頭黃 |
Pingxiang | 草頭黃, 共田八 | |
Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 大肚黃, 草頭黃, 井田黃 |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 大肚黃 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 大肚黃 | |
Northern Min | Jian'ou | 大腹黃, 草頭黃 |
Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 大肚黃 |
Wu | Danyang | 共田黃 |
Jinhua | 大肚黃, 草頭黃 |