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阿哥
阿哥
Chinese
(phonetic character); (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people
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elder brother | ||
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simp. and trad. (阿哥) |
阿 | 哥 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄍㄜ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: age
- IPA (key): /ˀa̠⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: aa3 go1
- Yale: a gō
- Cantonese Pinyin: aa3 go1
- IPA (key): /ɑː³³ kɔː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-ko
- Tâi-lô: a-ko
- Phofsit Daibuun: a'koy
- IPA (Xiamen): /a⁴⁴⁻²² kɤ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ kɤ³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² kɤ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ ko⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ kɤ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: aq ku (T4)
- IPA (key): /ᴀʔ³³ kv̩ʷ⁴⁴/
- (Shanghainese)
Noun
阿哥
- (chiefly Cantonese, Min, Wu) elder brother
Etymology 2
Borrowing from Manchu ᠠᡤᡝ (age, “elder brother”). Entered Chinese during the Manchu-ruled Qing Dynasty.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄚˋ ㄍㄜ˙
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ah.ge
- IPA (key): /ˀa̠⁵¹ g̊ə¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
Noun
阿哥
- (Manchu term of address) son
- Title of a Manchu emperor's son not yet of age.