大肚黃

See also: 大肚黄

Chinese

		pregnant	Wong; Huang (surname)
trad. (大肚黃)		大肚	黃
simp. (大肚黄)		大肚	黄
Literally: “pregnant Wong”.

Etymology

From the resemblance of the character 黃／黄 to a pregnant woman.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ tou⁵ wong^4-2

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Thai-tú Vòng

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ tou⁵ wong^4-2
    • Yale: daaih tóuh wóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ tou⁵ wong^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ tou⁵ wong^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² tʰou̯¹³ wɔːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Thai-tú Vòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai du` vongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ du³ vong²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ tu³¹ voŋ¹¹/

Proper noun

大肚黃

1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Guangxi Mandarin, Jinhua Wu, Nanning Pinghua) the surname 黃／黄

   你姓大肚黃定係三畫王呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你姓大肚黄定系三画王呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ sing³ daai⁶ tou⁵ wong^4-2 ding⁶ hai⁶ saam¹ waa² wong⁴ aa³? [Jyutping]

   Is your surname "pregnant Wong" or "three-stroked Wong"?

Usage notes

The surnames 黃／黄 and 王 are homophones in Cantonese and Hakka, so 大肚黃／大肚黄 (or 江夏黃／江夏黄) and 三畫王／三画王 are used to distinguish the two surnames.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 草頭黃 (“the surname 黃”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		-
Mandarin	Liuzhou	大肚黃
	Nanning (Wuming)	大肚黃
	Nanjing	草頭黃
Cantonese	Guangzhou	大肚黃
	Hong Kong	大肚黃, 江夏黃
Gan	Nanchang	草頭黃
	Pingxiang	草頭黃, 共田八
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	大肚黃, 草頭黃, 井田黃
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	大肚黃
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	大肚黃
Northern Min	Jian'ou	大腹黃, 草頭黃
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	大肚黃
Wu	Danyang	共田黃
	Jinhua	大肚黃, 草頭黃

See also

• 三劃王／三划王