# 大笨象
## Chinese

* 大笨象 (搞清楚) (Cantonese)
* 大笨象 (Written Standard Chinese)

### Etymology
#### "HSBC Holdings"

    When Hong Kong's economy was blooming in the 1980s, HSBC was one of the companies with highest stock price in the city, but its price stagnated while the others were rising, and was therefore described as difficult as moving an elephant.

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): daai$^6$ ban$^6$ zoeng$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ai$^5$ bun$^5$ diang$^5$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daai$^6$ ban$^6$ zoeng$^6$
*** Yale: daaih bahn jeuhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daai$^6$ ban$^6$ dzoeng$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dai$^6$ ben$^6$ zêng$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /taːi̯²² pɐn²² t͡sœːŋ²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ai$^5$ bun$^5$ diang$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ai³² pun³² tiaŋ³²/

### Noun

大笨象
* (Cantonese, dialectal Hakka) elephant (Classifier: 隻／只)
    From: 2015, 中東空姐OD, 為何流浪 一生何求, page 80
    dai$^6$ jat$^1$, taa$^1$ si$^6$ jan$^3$ dou$^6$ gaau$^3$ sap$^1$ po$^4$ san$^4$ dik$^1$ ji$^4$ zi$^2$, taa$^1$ sat$^1$ heoi$^3$ liu$^5$ jan$^4$ tau$^4$, zi$^2$ jau$^5$ daai$^6$ ban$^6$ zoeng$^6$ dik$^1$ tau$^4$, doi$^6$ biu$^2$ taa$^1$ han$^2$ cing$^1$ seon$^4$, bat$^1$ wui$^5$ zi$^6$ ngo$^5$, wui$^5$ jung$^6$ sam$^1$ dei$^6$ wai$^6$ sai$^3$ gaan$^1$ soeng$^6$ kei$^4$ taa$^1$ jan$^4$ zou$^6$ si$^6$. [Jyutping]
    Firstly, he is the son of the Hindu god Shiva. He lost his human head and only has a head of an elephant, representing his purity, selflessness and diligence in working for others in the world.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 象 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 象 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 象 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 大象 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 大象 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 象 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 象 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 象 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 象 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 象 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 象 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 象 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 象 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 大象 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 大笨象 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 大笨象 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 象 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 大笨象 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 大笨象 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 大笨象 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 大笨象 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 大笨象 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 大笨象 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 大笨象 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 大笨象 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 大笨象 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 大象 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 大笨象 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 大笨象 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 象 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 象 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 象 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 象 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 象, 大笨象 |
| Cantonese | Taishan (Guanghai) | 大象哥, 大象 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 象 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 象 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 象 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 大笨象 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 大笨象 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 大笨象 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 大笨象 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 大象 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 大象 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 大笨象 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 象 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 大笨象 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 象 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 大笨象 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 大象 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 象 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 象 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 大笨象 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 大笨象 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 大象 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 大象 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 大象 |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 象 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 象 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 象 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 大笨象 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 象 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 大笨象 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 大笨象 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 大笨象 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 大象 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 象仔, 大象 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 象仔, 大象 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 象, 大象 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 象, 大象 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 象, 大象 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 象, 大象 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 象 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 象 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 象 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 象 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 象 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 象 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 象 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 象 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 象 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 象 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 象 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 象 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 象 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 象 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 象 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 象 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 象 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 象 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 象 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 象 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 象 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 象 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 象 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 象, 大象 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 象 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 象 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 象 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 象 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 象 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 象 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 象 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 大笨象, 大象 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 大象 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 象, 象鼻頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 象 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 象 |
| Wu | Danyang | 象 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 象 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 大象 |

#### See also

* 大笨鐘／大笨钟 (Dàbènzhōng)

### Proper noun

大笨象
* (Hong Kong Cantonese, finance, nickname) HSBC Holdings
    From: 2017 June 30, 劉美儀, 大摩調高目標價　睇84元 滙控飆6%　近8年最勁
    mei$^5$ gwok$^3$ daai$^6$ jing$^4$ ngan$^4$ hong$^4$ gwan$^1$ tung$^1$ gwo$^3$ lyun$^4$ cyu$^5$ guk$^{6-2}$ aat$^3$ lik$^6$ cak$^1$ si$^3$, jau$^6$ sik$^1$ fung$^4$ “mo$^1$ dek$^6$” soeng$^6$ tiu$^4$ muk$^6$ biu$^1$ gaa$^3$ zi$^3$ 84 jyun$^4$, ling$^6$ daai$^6$ ban$^6$ zoeng$^6$ gu$^2$ gaa$^3$ hei$^2$ fei$^1$. [Jyutping]
    All the large American banks have passed the pressure test from the Federal Reserve System, and the “Magic Flute” [Morgan Stanley] just so happened to increase its target price to $84, causing the Elephant’s share price to skyrocket.

#### Synonyms

* 匯豐／汇丰 (Huìfēng), 五號仔／五号仔