大姐

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	older sister
trad. (大姐)		大	姐
simp. #(大姐)		大	姐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàjiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ ze² / daai⁶ ze^2-1
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-chiá

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàjiě
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàjiě
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-chieh³
    • Yale: dà-jyě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahjiee
    • Palladius: дацзе (dacze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ ze² / daai⁶ ze^2-1
    • Yale: daaih jé / daaih jē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ dze² / daai⁶ dze^2-1
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ zé² / dai⁶ zé^2-1
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² t͡sɛː³⁵/, /taːi̯²² t͡sɛː³⁵⁻⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-chiá
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-tsiá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxciar
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ t͡sia⁵³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 大姐

1. eldest sister
2. A polite term of address for a woman slightly older than the speaker.
3. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) official wife (as opposed to a concubine)

Synonyms

• (official wife): 大老婆 (dàlǎopo); (Min Nan) 大某

Derived terms

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