大哥大

Chinese

		eldest brother	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
simp. and trad. (大哥大)		大哥	大

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàgēdà

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄜ ㄉㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ go¹ daai⁶
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶da-ku-da

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàgēdà
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄜ ㄉㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàgedà
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-ko¹-ta⁴
    • Yale: dà-gē-dà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahgedah
    • Palladius: дагэда (dagɛda)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ kɤ⁵⁵ tä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ go¹ daai⁶
    • Yale: daaih gō daaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ go¹ daai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ go¹ dai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² kɔː⁵⁵ taːi̯²²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶da-ku-da
    • MiniDict: da^去 ku da
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³da-ku-da
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /da²² ku⁵⁵ da²¹/

Noun

大哥大

1. (slang) leader; boss; godfather
2. (slang) brick-style cellphone (mobile phone)

Coordinate terms

• (leader; boss): 大姐大 (dàjiědà)

See also

• 電話／电话 (diànhuà)
• 手機／手机 (shǒujī)
• 手提電話／手提电话 (shǒutí diànhuà)
• 移動電話／移动电话 (yídòng diànhuà)