大時代

简 大时代 · 繁 大時代
Cantonese · source Jyutpingdaai6 si4 doi6

Meanings

  1. Big Time; the great era; "The Greed of Man", a famous television series in Hong Kong
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Same syllable, six tones

daaidaai1—歹daai2bad带daai3banddaai4—daai5—大daai6
doidoi1—doi2—doi3—doi4—doi5—代doi6to substitute

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: da4 shi2 dai4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Exact source record & identity大時代 大时代 [da4 shi2 dai4] {daai6 si4 doi6} /Big Time; the great era; "The Greed of Man", a famous television series in Hong Kong/

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