大哥大

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàgēdà

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄜㄉㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ go¹ daai⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶da-ku-da

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàgēdà
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄜㄉㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàgedà
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-ko¹-ta⁴
  - Yale: dà-gē-dà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahgedah
  - Palladius: дагэда (dagɛda)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ kɤ⁵⁵ tä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ go¹ daai⁶
  - Yale: daaih gō daaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ go¹ daai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ go¹ dai⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² kɔː⁵⁵ taːi̯²²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶da-ku-da
  - MiniDict: da^去 ku da
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³da-ku-da
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /da²² ku⁵⁵ da²¹/

Noun

大哥大

(slang) leader; boss; godfather
(slang, dated) brick-style cellphone (mobile phone)
- 1994, “不要管我 [Don't control me]”, in 林強 [Lim Giong] (lyrics), Lo (music), I DON'T WANNA SEE NO 歐巴桑‎^[1], performed by 羅百吉 [Jerry Lo], 滾石唱片 [Rock Records]:
  
  又有好多女孩問我要我大哥大號碼 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
  又有好多女孩问我要我大哥大号码 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]
  yòu yǒu hǎoduō nǚhái wèn wǒ yào wǒ dàgēdà hàomǎ [Pinyin]
  There's so many girls asking me for my cellphone digits

Coordinate terms

(leader; boss): 大姐大 (dàjiědà)

See also

電話／电话 (diànhuà)
手機／手机 (shǒujī)
手提電話／手提电话 (shǒutí diànhuà)
移動電話／移动电话 (yídòng diànhuà)