老大哥
Chinese
old; eldest among the siblings | elder brother | ||
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trad. (老大哥) | 老大 | 哥 | |
simp. #(老大哥) | 老大 | 哥 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): lou5 daai6 go1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): láu-tōa-ko
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄜ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lǎodàge
- Wade–Giles: lao3-ta4-ko1
- Yale: lǎu-dà-gē
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laodahge
- Palladius: лаодагэ (laodagɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹ kɤ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lou5 daai6 go1
- Yale: lóuh daaih gō
- Cantonese Pinyin: lou5 daai6 go1
- Guangdong Romanization: lou5 dai6 go1
- Sinological IPA (key): /lou̯¹³ taːi̯²² kɔː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-tōa-ko
- Tâi-lô: láu-tuā-ko
- Phofsit Daibuun: law'doaxkoy
- IPA (Xiamen): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tua²²⁻²¹ ko⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tua⁴¹⁻²² ko³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tua²²⁻²¹ ko⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tua³³⁻¹¹ ko⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tua³³⁻²¹ kɤ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 老大哥
- a respectful term of address for a man who is older but in the same generation as the speaker; big brother
Related terms
Proper noun
(deprecated template usage) 老大哥
- Big Brother, an omnipresent figurehead representing oppressive control.
- (history) A nickname of the Soviet Union.