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大大

Mandarin · pinyin dà dà

greatly
enormously
(dialect) dad
uncle

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大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high

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4–4 · da4 da4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

daai6 daai6

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adv · Etymology 1

greatly; hugely; enormously; significantly; considerably

noun · Etymology 2

(dialectal) daddy
(dialectal) paternal uncle (father's elder brother)
(Suburban Shanghainese Wu) paternal grandfather
(Internet, fandom slang) fandom content contributor

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