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大肚

大肚

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	belly; tripe
simp. and trad. (大肚)		大	肚

Noun

大肚

broad-mindedness; great capacity
(chiefly Cantonese) paunch

Adjective

大肚

(Cantonese, Min Nan, Wenzhou Wu) pregnant
(Min Nan) paunchy; potbellied

Derived terms

大肚婆 (dàdùpó)
大肚林抌

大肚黃／大肚黄

Proper noun

大肚

(～區) Dadu District (district in Taichung, Taiwan)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): dàdù

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ tou⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-tú
Min Nan (POJ): tōa-tō͘ / tōa-tó͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: dàdù
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahduh
  - IPA ^(key): /ta̠⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ tou⁵
  - Yale: daaih tóuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ tou⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑːi̯²² tʰou̯¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-tú
  - Hakka Romanization System: tai du`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ du³
  - IPA: /tʰa̯i⁵⁵ tu³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-tō͘
  - Tâi-lô: tuā-tōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doaxdo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ tɔ²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ tɔ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ tɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ tɔ³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-tó͘
  - Tâi-lô: tuā-tóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doaxdor
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² tɔ⁵⁵⁴/