大哥

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	elder brother
simp. and trad. (大哥)		大	哥

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàgē

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ go¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-kô
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-ko

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàgē
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàge
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-ko¹
  - Yale: dà-gē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahge
  - Palladius: дагэ (dagɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ kɤ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ go¹
  - Yale: daaih gō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ go¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ go¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² kɔː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-kô
  - Hakka Romanization System: tai go^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ go¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ ko²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-ko
  - Tâi-lô: tuā-ko
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doaxkoy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ ko⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² ko³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ ko⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ ko⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ kɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

大哥

eldest brother
a term of address for a close friend of the same age or older
(colloquial) male leader (especially of a gang); boss

Synonyms

(eldest brother): 長兄／长兄 (zhǎngxiōng); (Hokkien) 大兄 (tōa-hiaⁿ)

Descendants

→ Peranakan Indonesian: twako