「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; university; large; old in age; older; senior; number two
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
    (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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