老大哥

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	eldest brother
trad. (老大哥)		老	大哥
simp. ^#(老大哥)		老	大哥

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎodàgē

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ daai⁶ go¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): láu-tōa-ko

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎodàgē
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎodàge
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-ta⁴-ko¹
  - Yale: lǎu-dà-gē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laodahge
  - Palladius: лаодагэ (laodagɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹ kɤ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ daai⁶ go¹
  - Yale: lóuh daaih gō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ daai⁶ go¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ dai⁶ go¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ taːi̯²² kɔː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-tōa-ko
  - Tâi-lô: láu-tuā-ko
  - Phofsit Daibuun: law'doaxkoy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tua²²⁻²¹ ko⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tua⁴¹⁻²² ko³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tua²²⁻²¹ ko⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tua³³⁻¹¹ ko⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tua³³⁻²¹ kɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

老大哥

a respectful term of address for a man who is older but in the same generation as the speaker; big brother

Related terms

老大姐 (lǎodàjiě)
老大爺／老大爷 (lǎodàye)
老大娘 (lǎodàniáng)
老大媽／老大妈 (lǎodàmā)

Proper noun

老大哥

Big Brother, an omnipresent figurehead representing oppressive control.
(history) A nickname of the Soviet Union.

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