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大姊

大姊

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	older sister
simp. and trad. (大姊)		大	姊
alt. forms		大姐

Noun

大姊

(Min Nan) eldest sister

Hypernyms

姊妹 (chí-mōe)

Coordinate terms

小妹 (sió-mōe)

See also

(Mandarin) 姐姐 (jiějie)

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): tōa-chí / tōa-ché

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-chí
  - Tâi-lô: tuā-tsí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doaxcie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ t͡ɕi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-ché
  - Tâi-lô: tuā-tsé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doaxzea
  - IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ t͡se⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ t͡se⁴¹/