大大

Mandarin · pinyin dà dà

Meanings

  1. greatly
  2. enormously
  3. (dialect) dad
  4. 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

  1. greatly; hugely; enormously; significantly; considerably

noun · Etymology 2

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

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