大嗮

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
simp. and trad. (大嗮)		大	嗮
alternative forms		大晒
Literally: “all grown up; large”.

Pronunciation

Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): daai⁶ saai³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): ai⁵ lhai¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ saai³
  - Yale: daaih saai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ saai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ sai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² saːi̯³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: ai⁵ lhai¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ai³² ɬai³³/

Verb

大嗮

(Cantonese, derogatory) to dominate; to rule; to lord over; to be domineering
你以為自己係總經理就大嗮呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
你以为自己系总经理就大嗮呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]
nei⁵ ji⁵ wai⁴ zi⁶ gei² hai⁶ zung² ging¹ lei⁵ zau⁶ daai⁶ saai³ aa⁴? [Jyutping]
You think you can lord over us as the general manager?

呢度我大嗮。 [Cantonese] ― nei¹ dou⁶ ngo⁵ daai⁶ saai³. [Jyutping] ― I have the biggest authority here.
- Sorry，有錢真係大嗮。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  Sorry，有钱真系大嗮。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 2010, TVB, Every Move You Make, spoken by Timothy Cheng
  so¹ li⁴, jau⁵ cin⁴ zan¹ hai⁶ daai⁶ saai³. [Jyutping]
  Sorry, you can really do anything you want if you have money.

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