老大哥

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	eldest brother
trad. (老大哥)		老	大哥
simp. #(老大哥)		老	大哥

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎodàgē

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ daai⁶ go¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): láu-tōa-ko

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎodàgē
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎodàge
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-ta⁴-ko¹
    • Yale: lǎu-dà-gē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laodahge
    • Palladius: лаодагэ (laodagɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹ kɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ daai⁶ go¹
    • Yale: lóuh daaih gō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ daai⁶ go¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ dai⁶ go¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ taːi̯²² kɔː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-tōa-ko
    • Tâi-lô: láu-tuā-ko
    • Phofsit Daibuun: law'doaxkoy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tua²²⁻²¹ ko⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tua⁴¹⁻²² ko³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tua²²⁻²¹ ko⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tua³³⁻¹¹ ko⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tua³³⁻²¹ kɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

老大哥

1. a respectful term of address for a man who is older but in the same generation as the speaker; big brother

Related terms

• 老大姐 (lǎodàjiě)
• 老大爺／老大爷 (lǎodàye)
• 老大娘 (lǎodàniáng)
• 老大媽／老大妈 (lǎodàmā)

Proper noun

老大哥

1. Big Brother, an omnipresent figurehead representing oppressive control.
2. (history) A nickname of the Soviet Union.