WordTaiwan frequency #23,349
老大哥
ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄜ
“respectful term for an older male peer; big brother; also used figuratively for a powerful, paternalistic authority or surveillance state”
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老
ㄌㄠˇ
Old; aged; experienced; venerable; of long standing; prefix for elders or familiar people; outdated; tough (food); always.
大
ㄉㄚˋ
Big; large; great; vast; elder; eldest; important; profound; to a great extent; to emphasize; (dialect) father or uncle.
哥
ㄍㄜ
Elder brother; term of address for an older male relative or friend; archaic final particle similar to 'ah'.
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Words sharing these characters
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- 大陸ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄨˋmainland China (in Taiwan usage); continent; mainland (as opposed to islands or coastal areas).
- 大家ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄚeveryone; all people; a great expert or master; an influential or prominent family
- 大學ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊuniversity; college; institution of higher education; the Great Learning, a Confucian classic; in ancient times, a school for adult education
- 老師ㄌㄠˇ ㄕteacher; a respectful term for someone who teaches or mentors; in imperial times, a student's formal address to an examiner
- 大概ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄞˋroughly; approximately; about; probably; general idea; rough estimate
- 大量ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄤˋlarge quantity; great amount; bulk; numerous; generous; magnanimous; (Taiwan) big capacity for alcohol
- 老人ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊold person; the elderly; senior citizen; long-time member or veteran of a group or organization.
- 重大ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄉㄚˋgreat; important; major; significant; of great consequence or seriousness
- 老闆ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄢˇboss; business owner; proprietor of a company or shop
- 擴大ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄚˋto expand; to enlarge; to broaden in scope; to scale up; to extend one's reach
- 大人ㄉㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊadult; grownup; a respectful title for elders, parents, or superiors; historically, a tribal chief in some northern peoples.
- 大型ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊlarge; large-scale; of great size or scale; major; big