大姑

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	paternal aunt
trad. (大姑)		大	姑
simp. #(大姑)		大	姑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàgū

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ gu¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-ko͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàgū
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàgu
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-ku¹
    • Yale: dà-gū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahgu
    • Palladius: дагу (dagu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ku⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 大姑 小姑

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ gu¹
    • Yale: daaih gū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ gu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ gu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² kuː⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 大姑 大家

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-ko͘
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-koo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxkof
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ kɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² kɔ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ kɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ kɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ kɔ⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 大姑

1. father's oldest sister
2. sister-in-law (husband's elder sister)
3. (obsolete) respectful address for a woman

Synonyms

• (husband's elder sister): 大姑子 (dàgūzi); (Cantonese) 姑奶 (gūnǎi); (Hakka) 大娘姊; (Min Nan) 大娘姑, 阿姑仔, 大姑仔

See also

• 大家 (dàjiā)