十一哥
Chinese
| eleven; 11; one tenth | elder brother | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (十一哥) |
十一 | 哥 | |
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): cha̍p-it-ko
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Lukang, Kinmen, Magong, Taichung, Tainan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cha̍p-it-ko
- Tâi-lô: tsa̍p-it-ko
- Phofsit Daibuun: zab'itkoy
- IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sap̚⁵⁴⁻³² it̚³²⁻⁵⁴ ko⁴⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² it̚³²⁻⁴ ko⁴⁴/
- IPA (Tainan): /t͡sap̚⁴⁻¹ it̚³²⁻⁴ kɤ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² it̚³²⁻⁴ kɤ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Lukang): /t͡sap̚³⁵⁻² it̚⁵ ko³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Lukang, Kinmen, Magong, Taichung, Tainan)
Noun
十一哥
- (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) bachelor (usually middle-aged or older)
- 有情有義十一哥；無情無義酒矸仔嫂 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
- From: 1969, 十一哥, Teresa Teng
- ū-chêng-ū-gī cha̍p-it-ko; bô-chêng-bô-gī chiú-kan-á-só [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- The bachelor is full of affection; the bar's hostess is full of coldness
有情有义十一哥；无情无义酒矸仔嫂 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 單身漢 (“bachelor”) [map]
References
- “十一哥”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.