馬大哈

Chinese

		horse; surname	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	onomatopoeic representation of laughter
trad. (馬大哈)		馬	大	哈
simp. (马大哈)		马	大	哈

Etymology

The main protagonist in a 1954 xiangsheng (crosstalk) sketch.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎdàhā

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎdàhā
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎdàha
    • Wade–Giles: ma³-ta⁴-ha¹
    • Yale: mǎ-dà-hā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maadahha
    • Palladius: мадаха (madaxa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹ xä⁵⁵/

Noun

馬大哈

1. (colloquial) scatterbrain

Adjective

馬大哈

1. (colloquial) scatterbrained

Anagrams

• 大馬哈／大马哈 (dàmǎhā)