大條

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	measure word for long, thin things (i.e. ribbon, river, etc.); a strip; item measure word for long, thin things (i.e. ribbon, river, etc.); a strip; item; article
trad. (大條)		大	條
simp. (大条)		大	条

Etymology

Originally Hokkien, as used in the expression 代誌大條／代志大条 (tāi-chì tōa tiâu, “there is big trouble”).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàtiáo

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ tiu⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàtiáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄧㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàtiáo
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-tʻiao²
  - Yale: dà-tyáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahtyau
  - Palladius: датяо (datjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ tiu⁴
  - Yale: daaih tìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ tiu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ tiu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² tʰiːu̯²¹/

Adjective

大條

(informal) careless; incautious; negligent

Derived terms

神經大條／神经大条

Pronunciation 2

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-tiâu

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-tiâu
  - Tâi-lô: tuā-tiâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doaxdiaau
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ tiau²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ tiau²⁴/

Noun

大條

(Hokkien, literal) large strip; large piece; large size; long one

References

Embree, Bernard L.M. (1973) “tōa-tiâu”, in A Dictionary of Southern Min (overall work in Hokkien, English, and Mandarin), Hong Kong: Hong Kong Language Institute, page 272.

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