老大

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Chinese

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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old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)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)
simp. #(老大)
anagram 大老

Pronunciation 1

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial () (37) (7) (7)
Final () (89) (25) (94)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () I I I
Fanqie
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

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老大

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

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Noun

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老大

  1. eldest among the siblings
  2. chief; boss; leader; ringleader
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  • (boss):
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Pronunciation 3

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Noun

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老大

  1. (dialectal) chief crewman of a boat
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Pronunciation 4

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Adverb

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老大

  1. (colloquial, usually in the negative) very
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