# 大馬哈
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dàmǎhā
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄚ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàmǎhā
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàmǎha
*** Wade–Giles: ta$^4$-ma$^3$-ha$^1$
*** Yale: dà-mǎ-hā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahmaaha
*** Palladius: дамаха (damaxa)
*** Sinological IPA : /tä⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xä⁵⁵/

### Etymology 1

From Nanai dao imaχa (“chum salmon”, where imaχa means “fish”).

#### Noun

大馬哈
* (informal) Short for 大馬哈魚／大马哈鱼 (dàmǎhāyú, “chum salmon”).
    From: 1995 April 28, 徐英杰, 大马哈鱼苗放流绥芬河, in 《人民日报》, page 2
    4 yuè 10 rì, zài Hēilóngjiāng Xǐng biānchuí xiànchéng — Dōngníng xiàn bīngxuě chū kāi de Suífēn Hé xiàyóu de wǒguó jìngnèi, 40 duō wàn wěi dàmǎhā yòuyú yòu bèi fàngrù hé zhōng, huānkuài dì gàobié gùtǔ, xiàng dàhǎi yóu qù. [Pinyin]
    On April 10, in the lower reaches of Suifen River within our borders, which was just starting to thaw, in border county Dongning County, Heilongjiang Province, over 400,000 chum salmon fry were being released into the river, and happily bidding farewell with their old homes, they swam towards the ocean.
    From: 2017 December 10, 韩加君, 赫哲族鱼皮衣 鱼皮部落的古老时尚, in 《美丽乡村》, December 2017 issue, page 76
    Dàn rújīn dàmǎhāyú shǔ zhēnxī yúlèi, yào xiǎng bō jǐ shí tiáo dàmǎhā de yúpí lái zhì yī jīhū bùkěnéng. [Pinyin]
    But since the chum salmon is now a rare species of fish, it is almost impossible to think of skinning dozens of chum salmons to make clothes.
    From: 2020 January 8, 于海江, 魚林冰市 鮮活民俗, in 《文匯報》, page A17
    Xiànzài zhèlǐ xiāoshòu zuì hǎo de yú shì dàmǎhā, báiyú, lǐyú děng, dōngjì zhǔyào yǐ xiāoshòu bīngdòng yú wéi zhǔ, xīnxiān de huó yú shǎo le yīxiē, dàn bǎozhèng quánbù dōu shì yěshēng yú. [Pinyin]
    For now, the best-selling fish here are chum salmons, white fish and carps. In the winter, we mainly sell frozen fish and fewer fresh live fish, but we guarantee that they are wild caught.

##### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:大馬哈.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

大馬哈
* (colloquial) Synonym of 馬大哈／马大哈 (mǎdàhā, “scatterbrain”)
    From: 2013 May, 杨舒婷, 哭泣的小数点, in 《青少年日记（小学生版）》, May issue, page 23
    Dànyuàn wǒmen de xiǎo zhǔrén bùyào chéngwéi yī ge dàmǎhā ya...... [Pinyin]
    If only our little master does not become a scatterbrain...
    From: 2015, 李志成, 小学数学减负增效型作业优化设计“三剂”, in 《考试周刊》, number 30, page 65
    Tóngxuémen, xiàmiàn shì Zhū Bājiè zuò de tímù, Bājiè kě shì ge dàmǎhā, kàn shéi yǒu shuāng xiàng Wùkōng yīyàng de huǒyǎnjīnjīng, xiān fāxiàn cuòwù, bìng néng jiūzhèng. [Pinyin]
    Students, below are questions that Zhu Bajie have done, but Bajie is a scatterbrain. Let's see who has penetrating eyesight like the Monkey King, can find the error first, and correct it.
    From: 2015, 许筠, 记住, in 《读写算（小学中年级）》, number Z1, page 40
    Yǐqián, wǒ shì yī ge “dàmǎhā”, jiè le shū jīngcháng wàngjì hái. [Pinyin]
    I used to be a scatterbrain. I often forgot to return the books I borrow.
    From: 2016, 於永芳, 片段练习：作文教学的一把利器, in 《语文天地》, number 2, page 42
    xiě zuòyè le, jìng fāxiàn yuánguī diū zài le jiālǐ, zìjǐ zhēnshì yī ge dàmǎhā, hǎozài tóngzhuō kàn chūlái duānní, bùshīshíjī de dì gěi wǒ tā de yuánguī...... [Pinyin]
    I was doing work when I realized that I left my compass at home. I am such a scatterbrain. Fortunately, my deskmate figured it out and lost no time in passing me his compass...

#### Adjective

大馬哈
* (colloquial) Synonym of 馬大哈／马大哈 (mǎdàhā, “scatterbrained”)
    From: 2012, 李一杰, 年夜饭 最隆重的一顿饭, in 《电影》, number 1, page 69
    Dàmǎhā de wǒ, xiànzài yě xiǎng bù qǐlái fàng le shénme dōngxī. [Pinyin]
    The scatterbrained me can't remember what I put now.
    From: 2013, 玄色, 《武林萌主Ⅲ》
    Bùshì tā shuō, Huángfǔ Fēimò zhème dàmǎhā de xìnggé, gǎobùhǎo jiù huì bèi mǒuge nǚxiá wùhuì le. [Pinyin]
    Even if she didn't say it, Huangpu Feimo, with such a scatterbrained personality, would perhaps be misunderstood by some superwoman.
    From: 2015 April 13, 谢颖欣, 同桌“小坏坏”, in 《江门日报》, page D05
    Yǒu yī cì dānyuán cèyàn, dàmǎhā de wǒ yòu fàn lǎomáobìng — jūrán méi dài bǐ. [Pinyin]
    One time, during a unit test, the scatterbrained me had the same problem again—I did not bring a pen.

### Anagrams

* 馬大哈／马大哈 (mǎdàhā)