# 大貓
## Chinese
### Etymology 1

Motivated by naming taboo.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dàmāo
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄠ
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): dai$^5$ mau$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàmāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàmao
*** Wade–Giles: ta$^4$-mao$^1$
*** Yale: dà-māu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahmhau
*** Palladius: дамао (damao)
*** Sinological IPA : /tä⁵¹ mɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: dai$^5$ mau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tai̯²¹⁻¹¹ mɒu̯³³/

#### Noun

大貓
* (Jiahe Southwestern Mandarin; Yangjiang Yue; Changsha Xiang; dialectal Wu, including Wenzhounese) tiger

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 虎, 李父, 李耳, 於菟, 伯都 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 虎, 老虎 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 虎 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 老虎 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 老虎 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 老虎, 山中王 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 老虎 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 老虎 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 老虎, 山中王 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 老虎, 老虎媽子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 老虎 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 老虎 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 老虎 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 老虎 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 老虎 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 老虎 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 老虎 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 老虎 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 老虎 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 老虎 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 老虎 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 老虎 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 老虎 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 老虎 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 老虎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 老虎, 大貓兒, 貓貓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 老虎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 老虎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 老虎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 老虎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 老虎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 老虎 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 老虎 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 老虎 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 老虎 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 羅虎 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 羅虎 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 大蟲, 大貓, 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Xinpo) | 大貓 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Wuchuan (Wuyang) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 老虎, 大蟲 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 老虎, 大蟲 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 老虎, 大蟲 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 大蟲 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 大蟲 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 大蟲 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 老虎 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 老虎 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 老虎 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 虎, 老虎 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 大蟲 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 老虎 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 老虎 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 老虎 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 老虎 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 老虎 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 老虎 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 老虎 |
| Jin | Linhe | 老虎 |
| Jin | Jining | 老虎 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 老虎 |
| Jin | Baotou | 老虎 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 老虎 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 老虎 |
| Jiuxing Yumin | Lanxi | 老虎 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 老虎 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 老虎 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 老虎 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 老虎 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 虎 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 虎 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 虎 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 虎, 著災仔 dated, euphemistic |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 老虎 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 虎 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 虎 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 虎 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 虎 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 虎 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 虎 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 虎 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 虎 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 虎 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 虎 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 虎 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 虎 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 老虎 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 虎, 虎仔, 老虎, 伯公馬 dated |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 虎 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 老虎 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 虎 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 老虎 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 老虎 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 老虎 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 老虎 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 老虎 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 虎, 大頭貓 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 老虎 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 虎 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 老虎 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 老虎 |
| Puxian Min | Fuding (Aoyao) | 老虎 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 老虎 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 老虎 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 老虎 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 老虎 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 老虎 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 老虎 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 老虎 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 老虎 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 老虎 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 老虎 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 老虎 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 老虎 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 老虎 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 老虎 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 老虎 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 老虎 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 老虎 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 豹虎 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 黃貓虎 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 老虎 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 老虎 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 老虎 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 老虎 |
| Wu | Danyang | 老虎 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 老虎 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 老虎 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 老虎, 大貓 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 老虎 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 老虎, 老蟲, 大蟲, 大貓, 爬山子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 老蟲, 山貓子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 老蟲, 山貓兒 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 老虎 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 虎 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Dong'an | 豹公 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang) | 老虎 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang) | 老虎 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang) | 老虎 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Zhoutian) | 老虎 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Shitang) | 老虎 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Songwei, Guitou) | 老虎 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Changlai) | 老虎 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Beixiang) | 老虎 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Huangpu) | 老虎 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi) | 老虎 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Sanxi) | 老虎 |

### Etymology 2

* 大貓

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dàmāo
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄠ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): daai$^3$ maau$^1$
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): dai$^5$ mau$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàmāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàmao
*** Wade–Giles: ta$^4$-mao$^1$
*** Yale: dà-māu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahmhau
*** Palladius: дамао (damao)
*** Sinological IPA : /tä⁵¹ mɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daai$^3$ maau$^1$
*** Yale: daai māau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daai$^3$ maau$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dai$^3$ mao$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /taːi̯³³ maːu̯⁵⁵/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: dai$^5$ mau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tai̯²¹⁻¹¹ mɒu̯³³/

#### Noun

大貓
* big cat (large feline animal)

### Etymology 3

In reference to the pair of lion sculptures outside the bank's headquarters.

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): daai$^3$ maau$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daai$^3$ maau$^1$
*** Yale: daai māau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daai$^3$ maau$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dai$^3$ mao$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /taːi̯³³ maːu̯⁵⁵/

#### Proper noun

大貓
* (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) HSBC

##### Synonyms

* 匯豐／汇丰 (Huìfēng)
* (Cantonese) 大笨象, 五號仔／五号仔, 獅子銀行／狮子银行