大姐

Chinese

big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
 older sister
trad. (大姐) 大 姐
simp. #(大姐) 大 姐

Pronunciation

Noun

大姐

  1. eldest sister
  2. A polite term of address for a woman slightly older than the speaker.
    大姐還讓我們保什麼密？ [MSC, trad.]
    大姐还让我们保什么密？ [MSC, simp.]
    Dàjiě hái ràng wǒmen bǎo shénme mì? [Pinyin]
    What secret did big sister ask us to keep?
  3. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) official wife (as opposed to a concubine)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 大老婆 (“official wife; primary wife”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 正室, 正房, 正妻, 嫡妻, 正室, 正配, 元配, 髮妻
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 大婆兒, 大娘們兒
Taiwan 大老婆
Singapore 大老婆
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 大婆子
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 大婆兒, 大老婆
Xi'an 大老婆
Xuzhou 大婆兒, 大婆子, 大老婆
Lanyin Mandarin Lanzhou 大老婆
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 大老婆, 大婆子
Liuzhou 大婆
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 大老婆
Cantonese Guangzhou 大婆
Hong Kong 大婆
Dongguan 大婆
Gan Nanchang 大老婆
Hakka Meixian 大婆
Huizhou Jixi 大老嫗
Jin Xinzhou 大婆子
Eastern Min Fuzhou 大婆
Southern Min Xiamen 大某
Quanzhou 大某
Jinjiang 大某
Yongchun 大某
Zhangzhou 大某, 大姐
Singapore (Hokkien) 大某
Manila (Hokkien) 大某
Leizhou 大娘
Puxian Min Putian 大房, 正房
Xianyou 大房, 正房
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 大婆
Wu Shanghai (Chongming) 大老官
Suzhou 大老媽
Hangzhou 大老婆
Wenzhou 正娘

Derived terms

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