大耳窿

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	earhole
trad. (大耳窿)		大	耳窿
simp. ^#(大耳窿)		大	耳窿

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “is "窿" phono-semantic matching of English loan?”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dà'ěrlóng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄦˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ ji⁵ lung^4-1

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dà'ěrlóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄦˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dà-ěrlóng
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-êrh³-lung²
  - Yale: dà-ěr-lúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daheellong
  - Palladius: даэрлун (daerlun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ ji⁵ lung^4-1
  - Yale: daaih yíh lūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ ji⁵ lung^4-1
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ yi⁵ lung^4-1
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² jiː¹³ lʊŋ²¹⁻⁵⁵/

Noun

大耳窿

(Cantonese, Malaysian and Singapore Mandarin) loan shark

Synonyms

(Singapore) 阿窿 (ālóng)

Derived terms

阿窿 (ālóng)