堂大佬

Chinese

		(main) hall; large room	elder brother; big brother; old buddy
trad. (堂大佬)		堂	大佬
simp. #(堂大佬)		堂	大佬

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tong⁴ daai⁶ lou²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tong⁴ daai⁶ lou²
    • Yale: tòhng daaih lóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tong⁴ daai⁶ lou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tong⁴ dai⁶ lou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːŋ²¹ taːi̯²² lou̯³⁵/

Noun

堂大佬

1. (Cantonese) cousin (father's brother's son older than oneself)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 堂兄 (“cousin (father's brother's son older than oneself)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		從兄
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		堂兄, 堂哥, 從兄
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	堂兄, 堂哥
	Harbin	叔伯哥哥
	Singapore	堂哥
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	叔伯哥哥
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	叔伯兒哥
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	伯叔哥
	Xi'an	叔伯哥
	Xining	叔伯哥哥
	Xuzhou	堂兄
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	堂兄
	Lanzhou	堂哥
	Ürümqi	叔伯哥哥
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	叔伯哥哥
	Wuhan	叔伯哥哥
	Guiyang	堂哥
	Liuzhou	叔伯哥
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	堂哥哥, 堂哥, 堂兄
	Yangzhou	堂房哥哥, 堂兄, 堂哥
Cantonese	Guangzhou	疏堂大佬, 堂大佬
	Hong Kong	堂大佬
	Dongguan	叔伯大佬
Gan	Nanchang	叔伯哥哥
	Lichuan	堂下箇兄, 堂兄
Hakka	Meixian	叔伯阿哥
	Yudu	堂兄
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	叔伯阿哥
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	叔伯阿哥
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	叔伯阿哥
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	叔伯阿哥
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	叔伯阿哥
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	叔伯阿哥
Huizhou	Jixi	叔伯哥, 堂哥
Jin	Taiyuan	叔伯哥哥
	Xinzhou	叔伯哥哥
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	叔伯哥, 堂兄
	Fuqing	叔伯哥, 堂兄
	Matsu	叔伯哥
	Singapore (Fuqing)	叔伯哥
Southern Min	Xiamen	隔腹兄
	Quanzhou	隔腹兄
	Zhangzhou	隔腹兄
	Tainan	叔伯兄哥
	Penang (Hokkien)	堂哥
	Singapore (Hokkien)	隔腹阿兄, 隔腹兄
	Manila (Hokkien)	隔腹阿兄
	Leizhou	堂尼兄, 隔皮尼兄
	Haikou	從兄
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	堂老兄
Wu	Shanghai	堂兄, 堂阿哥, 堂房阿哥
	Shanghai (Chongming)	叔伯阿哥
	Suzhou	堂兄, 堂房阿哥
	Danyang	堂兄, 房門哥哥
	Hangzhou	堂阿哥
	Ningbo	堂阿哥
	Wenzhou	堂房阿哥, 叔伯阿哥, 叔伯兄弟, 堂房兄弟
	Jinhua	叔伯哥
Xiang	Changsha	堂兄
	Loudi	排房老兄, 叔伯哥哥