大肚黃
See also: 大肚黄
Chinese
| pregnant | Wong; Huang (surname) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (大肚黃) | 大肚 | 黃 | |
| simp. (大肚黄) | 大肚 | 黄 | |
| Literally: “pregnant Wong”. | |||
Etymology
From the resemblance of the character 黃／黄 to a pregnant woman.
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: daai6 tou5 wong4-2
- Yale: daaih tóuh wóng
- Cantonese Pinyin: daai6 tou5 wong4-2
- Guangdong Romanization: dai6 tou5 wong4-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /taːi̯²² tʰou̯¹³ wɔːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Thai-tú Vòng
- Hakka Romanization System: tai duˋ vongˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: tai4 du3 vong2
- Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ tu³¹ voŋ¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
Proper noun
大肚黃
- (Cantonese, Hakka, Guangxi Mandarin, Jinhua Wu, Nanning Pinghua) the surname 黃／黄
Usage notes
The surnames 黃／黄 and 王 are homophones in Cantonese and Hakka, so 大肚黃／大肚黄 (or 江夏黃／江夏黄) and 三畫王／三画王 are used to distinguish the two surnames.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 草頭黃 (“the surname 黃”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 大肚黃 |
| Nanning (Wuming) | 大肚黃 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 草頭黃 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 大肚黃 |
| Hong Kong | 大肚黃, 江夏黃 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 草頭黃 |
| Pengze | 草頭黃 | |
| Pingxiang | 草頭黃, 共田八 | |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 大肚黃, 草頭黃, 井田黃 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 大肚黃 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 大肚黃 | |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 大腹黃, 草頭黃 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 大肚黃 |
| Wu | Danyang | 共田黃 |
| Jinhua | 大肚黃, 草頭黃 |