大亨

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	prosperous
simp. and trad. (大亨)		大	亨

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàhēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄥ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): daai⁶ hang¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ai⁵ hang¹

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-tân
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶da-han

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàhēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàheng
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-hêng¹
    • Yale: dà-hēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahheng
    • Palladius: дахэн (daxɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ xɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ hang¹
    • Yale: daaih hāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ hang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ heng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² hɐŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ai⁵ hang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ai³² haŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-tân
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-tân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxdaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ tan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² tan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ tan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ tan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ tan²³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶da-han
    • MiniDict: da^去 han
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³da-han
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /da²² hã⁴⁴/

Noun

大亨

1. VIP; big shot; tycoon, bigwig

Synonyms

• 土豪 (tǔháo) (neologism, humorous)
• 大款 (dàkuǎn) (colloquial)
• 好額人／好额人 (Hokkien)
• 富人 (fùrén)
• 富翁 (fùwēng)
• 有米人 (⁶yeu-mi-gnin) (Wu)
• 有錢人／有钱人 (yǒuqiánrén)
• 有錢佬／有钱佬 (jau⁵ cin^4-2 lou²) (Cantonese, Hakka)
• 有鐳人／有镭人 (Hokkien)
• 水喉 (seoi² hau⁴) (Cantonese, figurative)
• 糧富／粮富 (Hakka)
• 財主／财主 (cáizhu)
• 財主佬／财主佬 (coi⁴ zyu² lou²) (Cantonese)
• 財東／财东 (cáidōng)
• 闊佬／阔佬 (kuòlǎo) (colloquial)

 

Antonyms

• 散凶人 (Hokkien)
• 散赤人 (Hokkien)
• 散食人 (Hokkien)
• 瘠薄 (jíbó) (literary)
• 窮人／穷人 (qióngrén)
• 窮人子／穷人子 (qiong² ren² zr) (Xiang)
• 艱苦人／艰苦人 (Hokkien)
• 貧乏／贫乏 (pínfá) (literary)
• 貧民／贫民 (pínmín)
• 貧瘠／贫瘠 (pínjí) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 地產大亨／地产大亨 (Dìchǎn Dàhēng)

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English hundred.

Pronunciation

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶da-han

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• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶da-han
    • MiniDict: da^去 han
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³da-han
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /da²² hã⁴⁴/

Noun

大亨

1. (Shanghainese) a hundred dollars, or any other currency denomination