老大

Chinese
 
old; aged; venerable
old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
 
big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
trad. (老大) 老 大
simp. #(老大) 老 大
anagram 大老

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 老 大 大
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 來 (37) 定 (7) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 豪 (89) 泰 (25) 歌 (94)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) I I I
Fanqie 盧晧切 徒蓋切 唐佐切
Baxter lawX dajH daH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /lɑuX/ /dɑiH/ /dɑH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /lɑuX/ /dɑiH/ /dɑH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /lɑuX/ /dɑiH/ /dɑH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /lawX/ /dajH/ /daH/
Li
Rong		 /lɑuX/ /dɑiH/ /dɑH/
Wang
Li		 /lɑuX/ /dɑiH/ /dɑH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /lɑuX/ /dʱɑiH/ /dʱɑH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 lǎo dài duò
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 lou5 daai6 do6

Adjective

老大

  1. (literary) old (in age)
Synonyms
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Pronunciation 2

Noun

老大

  1. eldest among the siblings
  2. chief; boss; leader; ringleader
Synonyms
  • (boss):
Dialectal synonyms of 老闆 (“boss; proprietor”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 老闆
Mandarin Beijing 掌櫃的
Taiwan 老闆, 頭家
Harbin 掌櫃的
Yantai (Muping) 老闆
Jinan 老闆
Yinchuan 老闆
Xining 老闆
Ürümqi 掌櫃底
Wuhan 老闆
Chengdu 老闆兒, 老闆
Chongqing 老闆兒
Guiyang 老闆
Liuzhou 老闆
Xuzhou 老闆兒, 老闆, 掌櫃的
Yangzhou 老闆
Nanjing 老闆
Malaysia 老闆
Singapore 老闆
Cantonese Guangzhou 事頭, 老細, 老闆, 波士, 阿頭 boss
Hong Kong 事頭, 老細, 老闆, 波士, 阿頭 boss, 老頂 boss
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 事頭
Macau 事頭, 老細
Guangzhou (Panyu) 事頭
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 事頭
Guangzhou (Conghua) 事頭
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 事頭
Foshan 事頭
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 事頭
Foshan (Shunde) 事頭
Foshan (Sanshui) 事頭
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 老闆
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 事頭, 老細
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 事頭
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 事頭
Zhuhai (Doumen) 事頭
Jiangmen (Baisha) 事頭
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 事頭
Taishan 事頭, 老細, 老闆
Kaiping (Chikan) 事頭, 老細
Enping (Niujiang) 事頭
Heshan (Yayao) 老闆, 事頭
Dongguan 事頭, 老細, 老闆, 波士
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 事頭
Yangjiang 老闆, 事頭
Nanning 老闆, 事頭
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 老闆, 事頭, 阿頭 boss
Penang (Guangfu) 老細
Singapore (Guangfu) 老細, 老闆
Gan Nanchang 老闆
Lichuan 老闆
Pingxiang 老闆
Hakka Meixian 頭家, 老闆
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 老闆
Dongguan (Qingxi) 事頭
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 事頭
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 老闆
Wuhua (Huacheng) 老闆, 店家 shopkeeper
Wuhua (Changbu) 老闆
Wuhua (Mianyang) 老闆
Conghua (Lütian) 老闆
Jiexi 頭家
Luhe 老闆
Yudu 老闆
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 頭家
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 頭家
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 頭家
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 頭家
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 頭家
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 頭家
Kuching (Hepo) 頭家
Jin Taiyuan 老闆, 掌櫃, 掌櫃的
Xinzhou 掌櫃子
Northern Min Jian'ou 老闆
Eastern Min Fuzhou 老闆
Southern Min Xiamen 頭家
Xiamen (Tong'an) 頭家
Quanzhou 頭家
Jinjiang 頭家
Yongchun 頭家
Zhangzhou 頭家
Zhao'an 頭家, 老闆
Taipei 老闆, 頭家
New Taipei (Sanxia) 頭家
Kaohsiung 頭家
Yilan 老闆, 頭家
Changhua (Lukang) 頭家
Taichung 頭家
Tainan 老闆, 頭家
Hsinchu 頭家
Kinmen 頭家
Penghu (Magong) 頭家
Penang (Hokkien) 頭家
Singapore (Hokkien) 頭家, 老大
Manila (Hokkien) 頭家
Chaozhou 頭家, 老闆
Shantou 頭家
Shantou (Chenghai) 頭家
Jieyang 頭家
Bangkok (Teochew) 頭家
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 頭家, 阿頭 boss
Singapore (Teochew) 頭家
Leizhou 老闆
Wenchang 頭家
Haikou 頭家, 老闆
Singapore (Hainanese) 頭家
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 老闆
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 老闆
Wu Shanghai 老闆
Shanghai (Chongming) 老闆
Suzhou 老闆
Danyang 老闆
Hangzhou 老闆
Ningbo 老闆, 冷士 dated
Wenzhou 老闆
Jinhua 老闆兒
Xiang Changsha 老闆
Loudi 老闆
Derived terms
  • 黑幫老大／黑帮老大
  • 龍頭老大／龙头老大

Pronunciation 3

Noun

老大

  1. (dialectal) chief crewman of a boat
Derived terms
  • 船老大

Pronunciation 4

Adverb

老大

  1. (colloquial, usually in the negative) very
Synonyms
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