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阿哥

Mandarin · pinyin ā gē

(familiar) elder brother

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阿: ā · prefix for people's names; used in transliteration
哥: gē · elder brother

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1–1 · a1 ge1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

aa3 go1

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noun · Etymology 1

(chiefly Cantonese, Hakka, Min, Wu) elder brother
(dialectal) a term of address for a close friend of the same age or older
(dialectal, face-to-face) dad

noun · Etymology 2

(Manchu term of address) son
Title of a Manchu emperor's son not yet of age.
(Zhangzhou Hokkien) Manchu male or noble
(Zhangzhou Hokkien, derogatory) effeminate man

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