大肚

Chinese

big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
belly; tripe
trad. (大肚)
simp. #(大肚)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation


Noun

大肚

  1. broad-mindedness; great capacity

Verb

大肚

  1. (Cantonese, Southern Min, Wenzhounese) to be pregnant
  2. (Southern Min) to be paunchy; to be potbellied

Synonyms

  • (to be pregnant):

Derived terms

Etymology 2

phonetic
trad. (大肚)
simp. #(大肚)

From Papora Tatuturo. Possibly cognate with Tagalog datu, Malay datu, Indonesian datu ,Cebuano datu.

Proper noun

大肚

  1. () Dadu (a district of Taichung, Taiwan)
  2. () Dadu River (a river on Taiwan Island)
  3. (王國) Kingdom of Middag (an ancient aboriginal kingdom situated near Dadu district of Taichung)
Synonyms