大姑

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	paternal aunt
simp. and trad. (大姑)		大	姑

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàgū

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ gu¹
Min Nan (POJ): tōa-ko͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: dàgū
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahgu
  - IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ku⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    大姑
    小姑
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ gu¹
  - Yale: daaih gū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ gu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ gu¹
  - IPA ^(key): /täːi̯²² kuː⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    大姑
    大家
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-ko͘
  - Tâi-lô: tuā-koo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doaxkof
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ kɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² kɔ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ kɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ kɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ kɔ⁴⁴/

Noun

大姑

father's oldest sister
sister-in-law (husband's elder sister)
(obsolete) respectful address for a woman

Synonyms

(husband's elder sister): 大姑子 (dàgūzi); (Cantonese) 姑奶 (gūnǎi); (Hakka) 大娘姊; (Min Nan) 大娘姑, 阿姑仔, 大姑仔

See also

大家 (dàjiā)

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