大舅

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	maternal uncle
simp. and trad. (大舅)		大	舅

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàjiù

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ kau⁵
Min Nan (POJ): tōa-kū / tōa-kǔ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dàjiù
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahjiow
  - IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ kau⁵
  - Yale: daaih káuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ kau⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ keo⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /täːi̯²² kʰɐu̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-kū
  - Tâi-lô: tuā-kū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doaxku
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ ku²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-kǔ
  - Tâi-lô: tuā-kǔ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² ku²²/

Noun

大舅

elder maternal uncle (mother's elder brother)
brother-in-law (wife's elder brother)

Synonyms

(wife's elder brother): 大舅子 (dàjiùzi), 內兄／内兄 (nèixiōng), 婦兄／妇兄 (fùxiōng); (Min Nan) 大舅仔

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