大佬

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	man; guy
simp. and trad. (大佬)		大	佬
variant forms		dalao neologism

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: dàlǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahlao
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàlǎo
  - IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    大佬
    大老
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: dàlǎor
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄠˇㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahlaol
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàlǎor
  - IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ laʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ lou²
  - Yale: daaih lóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ lou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ lou²
  - IPA ^(key): /täːi̯²² lou̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-lôu
  - Tâi-lô: tāi-lôu
  - IPA (Penang): /taɪ²¹ lou²³/

Note: tāi-lôu - from Cantonese.

大佬

(Cantonese) elder brother; big brother
(Cantonese) old buddy
triad boss; boss; magnate
(neologism, slang) someone experienced or influential
女裝大佬 / 女装大佬 ― nǚzhuāng dàlǎo ― experienced crossdresser (male-to-female)

Dialectal synonyms of 哥哥 (“elder brother”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		兄
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		哥哥, 兄長
Mandarin	Beijing	哥哥, 哥
	Taiwan	哥哥, 哥
	Shenyang	哥哥
	Jinan	哥哥
	Xi'an	哥
	Wuhan	哥哥
	Chengdu	哥哥, 哥老倌兒
	Kunming	哥哥
	Yangzhou	哥哥
	Hefei	哥哥
Cantonese	Guangzhou	大佬, 阿哥, 哥哥
	Hong Kong	大佬, 阿哥, 哥哥
	Taishan	哥
	Yangjiang	大佬, 阿哥
Gan	Nanchang	兄, 哥哥
Hakka	Meixian	阿哥
	Xingning	阿哥
	Huidong (Daling)	阿哥
	Qujiang	哥哥
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	阿哥
	Changting	老伯
	Pingyu	哥
	Wuping	老伯
	Liancheng	老伯
	Ninghua	老伯
	Ruijin	哥哥, 老兄
	Shicheng	老伯
	Shangyou	老伯
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	阿哥
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	阿哥
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	阿哥
	Dongshi (Dabu)	阿哥
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	阿哥
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	阿哥
	Sabah	阿哥
Jin	Taiyuan	哥哥, 哥
Min Bei	Jian'ou	哥仔, 哥哥
Min Dong	Fuzhou	依哥
Min Nan	Xiamen	阿兄, 阿哥, 兄哥, 俺兄
	Quanzhou	阿兄
	Zhangzhou	阿兄, 咉兄 non-face-to-face
	Taipei	阿兄, 兄哥, 哥哥
	Penang	哥, 哥哥
	Philippines (Manila)	阿兄
	Chaozhou	阿兄
	Haikou	阿兄 face-to-face, 阿哥 face-to-face, 兄 non-face-to-face
	Leizhou	兄 face-to-face, 尼兄 face-to-face
Wu	Shanghai	阿哥, 哥哥
	Suzhou	阿哥
	Wenzhou	阿大, 哥哥
Xiang	Changsha	老兄, 哥哥
Xiang	Shuangfeng	老兄, 哥哥

大佬

(Cantonese) bro; man
大佬，件恤衫大拿拿幾百蚊，點買得落手啊？ [Cantonese, trad.]
大佬，件恤衫大拿拿几百蚊，点买得落手啊？ [Cantonese, simp.]
Daai⁶ lou², gin⁶ seot¹ saam¹ daai⁶ naa⁴ naa⁴ gei² baak³ man¹, dim² maai⁵ dak¹ lok⁶ sau² aa³? [Jyutping]
Man, this shirt costs a few hundred bucks. How could I buy it?

大佬

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