大個

See also: 大个

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	(a measure word); individual
trad. (大個)		大	個
simp. (大个)		大	个

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ go³
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): dua⁷ gai⁵

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ go³
  - Yale: daaih go
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ go³
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ go³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² kɔː³³/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dua⁷ gai⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuā kâi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tua¹¹ kai⁵⁵/

Adjective

大個 (Cantonese)

large (in size)
(by extension) mature

Synonyms

(large): 大 (daai6), 大粒 (daai6 lap1)

Antonyms

細個／细个

Derived terms

大個仔 / 大个仔
大個女 / 大个女

Noun

大個 (Teochew)

eldest child
- 1883, Adele Marion Fielde, “倒”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 561:
  
  大個顛倒不識，細個顛倒識。 [Teochew, trad.]
  大个颠倒不识，细个颠倒识。 [Teochew, simp.]
  dua⁷ gai⁵ ding¹ do³ m⁷ bag⁴, soi³ gai⁵ ding¹ do³ bag⁴. [Peng'im]
  The eldest did not know it, while on the contrary the younger one did.

Antonyms

細個／细个