大酒店

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	hotel; inn; bar hotel; inn; bar; pub; tavern
trad. (大酒店)		大	酒店
simp. #(大酒店)		大	酒店
Literally: “big hotel”.

Etymology

“funeral parlor”

Everyone has to stay at the funeral parlour for a night after death, just like what living people do at a hotel.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ zau² dim³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ zau² dim³
    • Yale: daaih jáu dim
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ dzau² dim³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ zeo² dim³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² t͡sɐu̯³⁵ tiːm³³/

Noun

大酒店

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, euphemistic) funeral home; funeral parlor

Synonyms

• (funeral home): 殯儀館／殡仪馆 (bìnyíguǎn)