大少爺

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	young master
trad. (大少爺)		大	少爺
simp. (大少爷)		大	少爷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàshàoye

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄠˋ ˙ㄧㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ siu³ je⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-siàu-iâ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàshàoye
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄠˋ ˙ㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàshàoye̊
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-shao⁴-yeh⁵
    • Yale: dà-shàu-ye
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshaw.ie
    • Palladius: дашаое (dašaoje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ jɛ¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ siu³ je⁴
    • Yale: daaih siu yèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ siu³ je⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ xiu³ yé⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² siːu̯³³ jɛː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-siàu-iâ
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-siàu-iâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxsiao'iaa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ siau²¹⁻⁵³ ia²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² siau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ia²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ siau²¹⁻⁵³ ia¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ siau¹¹⁻⁵³ ia²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ siau²¹⁻⁴¹ ia²³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 大少爺

1. eldest son (of a rich family)
2. spoilt son of a rich family; spendthrift

   大少爺作風／大少爷作风  ―  dàshàoye zuòfēng  ―  behaviour typical of the spoilt son of a rich family; extravagant ways