老大

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
simp. and trad. (老大)		老	大
anagram		大老

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎodà

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ daai⁶
Min Nan (POJ): ló-tāi / nó͘-tāi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: lǎodà
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄚˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laodah
  - IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ daai⁶
  - Yale: lóuh daaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ daai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ dai⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ täːi̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló-tāi
  - Tâi-lô: ló-tāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loy'dai
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taɪ²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nó͘-tāi
  - Tâi-lô: nóo-tāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: nofdai
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ taɪ⁴¹/

Adjective

老大

(literary) old (in age)

Synonyms

垂老 (chuílǎo) (literary)
年歲大 (niánsuì dà)
年紀大 (niánjì dà)
年老 (niánlǎo)
年長／年长 (niánzhǎng)

老 (lǎo)
老大 (lǎodà) (literary)
老邁／老迈 (lǎomài) (senile)
衰老 (shuāilǎo) (senile)

Derived terms

少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲／少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲
老大不小
老大徒傷悲／老大徒伤悲

老大無成／老大无成
老老大大

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎodà

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ daai^6-2
Min Nan (POJ): láu-tōa / lāu-tōa / lǎu-tōa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: lǎodà
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄚˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laodah
  - IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ daai^6-2
  - Yale: lóuh dáai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ daai^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ dai²
  - IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ täːi̯²²⁻³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-tōa
  - Tâi-lô: láu-tuā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: law'doa
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /laʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tua²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /laʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tua³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /laʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tua³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /laʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tua⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-tōa
  - Tâi-lô: lāu-tuā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lauxdoa
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /laʊ²²⁻²¹ tua²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /laʊ³³⁻²¹ tua³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /laʊ³³⁻¹¹ tua³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎu-tōa
  - Tâi-lô: lǎu-tuā
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /laʊ²² tua⁴¹/

Noun

老大

eldest among the siblings
chief; boss; leader; ringleader

Derived terms

黑幫老大／黑帮老大

龍頭老大／龙头老大

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎodà

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ daai^6-2
Min Nan (POJ): láu-tāi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: lǎodà
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄚˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laodah
  - IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ daai^6-2
  - Yale: lóuh dáai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ daai^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ dai²
  - IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ täːi̯²²⁻³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-tāi
  - Tâi-lô: láu-tāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: law'dai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /laʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taɪ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /laʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taɪ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /laʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ taɪ³³/

Noun

老大

(dialectal) chief crewman of a boat

Derived terms

船老大

Pronunciation 4

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎodà

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄚˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: lǎodà
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄚˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laodah
  - IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tä⁵¹/

Adverb

老大

(colloquial, usually in the negative) very

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