大牌

Mandarin · pinyin dà pái

Meanings

  1. strong card
  2. honor card (card games)
  3. very popular or successful person
  4. self-important
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大
dà · big, great, vast, large, high
牌
pái · signboard, placard
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4–2 · da4 pai2

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daai6 paai2

Cantonese word readings for 大牌. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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daai6 paai2

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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noun

  1. (figurative) heavyweight; celebrity; big name
  2. (Singapore) building number

adj

  1. (figurative) famous; famed
  2. (Cantonese) arrogant; haughty; self-important

noun

  1. (Hong Kong) any one of the licenses for higher levels, specifically: — General Restaurant Licence
  2. (Hong Kong) any one of the licenses for higher levels, specifically: — Estate Agent Qualifying Exam

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