大個

See also: 大个

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	(a measure word); individual
trad. (大個)		大	個
simp. (大个)		大	个

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ go³
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): dua⁷ gai⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ go³
    • Yale: daaih go
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ go³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ go³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² kɔː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dua⁷ gai⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuā kâi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tua¹¹ kai⁵⁵/

Adjective

大個 (Cantonese)

1. large (in size)
2. (by extension) mature

Synonyms

• (large): 大 (daai6), 大粒 (daai6 lap1)

Antonyms

• 細個／细个

Derived terms

• 大個仔／大个仔
• 大個女／大个女

 

Noun

大個 (Teochew)

1. eldest child
   • 1883, Adele Marion Fielde, “倒 (tò̤)”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 561:

     大個顛倒不識，細個顛倒識。 [Teochew, trad.]
     大个颠倒不识，细个颠倒识。 [Teochew, simp.]

     dua⁷ gai⁵ ding¹ do³ m⁷ bag⁴, soi³ gai⁵ ding¹ do³ bag⁴. [Peng'im]

     The eldest did not know it, while on the contrary the younger one did.

Antonyms

• 細個／细个