「大人」

Entry #1
Pronunciation：	daai6 jan4
Individual Character Meaning：	大 big; to grow up; to intimidate; to bluff; intensely; greatly; fully; on a large scale; number two; university; large; old in age; older; senior 人 human; human being; person; people; personality; everybody; (some) people; others; somebody; body of a person
Part of Speech：	noun
Explanation：	adult; grown-up (measure word: 個) (Cant.) 細sai3路lou6仔zai2出ceot1街gaai1都dou1係hai6有jau5大daai6人jan4陪pui4住zyu6好hou2啲di1。 (Eng.) It's better for children to be accompanied by adults when they go outside. title of respect toward superiors like elders, judges and ancient officials (Cant.) 父fu6親can1大daai6人jan4 (Eng.) Father (Cant.) 知zi1縣jyun2大daai6人jan4 (Eng.) mayor of a county (Cant.) 法faat3官gun1大daai6人jan4 (Eng.) Your Worship; Your Honour; Your Lordship; Your Ladyship (Note: Judges are addressed as 法官閣下 faat3 gun1 gok3 haa6 after the transfer of sovereignty in 1997.) (Cant.) 大daai6人jan4，冤jyun1枉wong2啊aa3！ (Eng.) Your Honour, I'm innocent! used in certain set phrases to mean a person of great moral stature (Cant.) 大人有大量 (Eng.) request to someone to be forgiving (Cant.) 大人不記小人過 (Eng.) a person of great moral stature does not remember the offenses committed by one of low moral stature
Synonym：	Synonym：成人成年人
Antonym(s)：	Antonym(s)：小朋友細路細路仔
See also：	成人大個大人大姐伶人大忙人寡人小孩子小朋友小鳥依人少年人熊人眾人老人家 (部份類近詞彙取自ToastyNews數據分析)
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