轉大人

Chinese

		to revolve; to turn; to circle about to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about; to convey; to forward (mail); to transfer; to shift	adult; grown-up; person of high rank
trad. (轉大人)		轉	大人
simp. (转大人)		转	大人

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tńg-tōa-lâng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tńg-tōa-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: tńg-tuā-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dngfdoaxlaang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tŋ̍⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tua²²⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tŋ̍⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tua³³⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tŋ̍⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tua³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³/

Verb

轉大人

1. (Hokkien) to undergo puberty and become an adult

Synonyms

• 發身／发身 (fāshēn)
• (Hokkien) 轉大／转大, 轉骨／转骨, 抽骨

Descendants

• → Mandarin: 登dua郎 (dēngduǎláng)

References

• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “lâng”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 293; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 293