# 阿哥
## Chinese

* 阿哥

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Xianbei; see 哥 (gē).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): āgē
    (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄍㄜ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): aa$^3$ go$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): â-kô
    (Hailu, HRS): a$^˖$ go$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): a$^1$ go$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): a-ko
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$aq-ku
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: āgē
*** Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄍㄜ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: age
*** Wade–Giles: a$^1$-ko$^1$
*** Yale: ā-gē
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: age
*** Palladius: агэ (agɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀä⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: aa$^3$ go$^1$
*** Yale: a gō
*** Cantonese Pinyin: aa$^3$ go$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: a$^3$ go$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /aː³³ kɔː⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: â-kô
*** Hakka Romanization System: a$^ˊ$ go$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: a$^1$ go$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /a²⁴⁻¹¹ ko²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: a$^˖$ go$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /a³³ ko⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: a$^1$ go$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /a⁴⁴ ko⁴⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-ko
*** Tâi-lô: a-ko
*** Phofsit Daibuun: a'koy
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ kɤ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ ko⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /a⁴⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$aq-ku
*** MiniDict: ah$^入$ ku
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$aq-ku
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /aʔ³³ ku⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: 'a ka
Rime :
| Character | 阿 | 哥 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 歌 (94) | 歌 (94) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 烏何切 | 古俄切 |
| Baxter | 'a | ka |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔɑ/ | /kɑ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔɑ/ | /kɑ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔɑ/ | /kɑ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔa/ | /ka/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔɑ/ | /kɑ/ |
| Wang Li | /ɑ/ | /kɑ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʔɑ/ | /kɑ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ē | gē |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | o$^1$ | go$^1$ |

#### Noun

阿哥
* (chiefly Cantonese, Hakka, Min, Wu) elder brother
* (dialectal) a term of address for a close friend of the same age or older
* (dialectal, face-to-face) dad

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 兄 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 哥哥, 兄長 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 哥哥, 哥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 哥哥, 哥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 哥哥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 哥哥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 哥哥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 哥哥 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 哥哥 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 哥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 哥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 哥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 哥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 阿哥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 哥哥 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 哥哥 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 哥哥, 哥, 阿哥 Hui, >< |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 哥哥, 哥, 哥老倌兒, 哥老倌 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 哥哥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 哥哥, 哥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 哥哥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 哥 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 哥哥 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 哥哥, 哥 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 哥哥 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 大佬, 阿哥, 哥哥 >< |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 大佬, 阿哥, 哥哥 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 哥哥 ><, 大佬 <>, 阿哥 <> |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 哥哥 ><, 大佬 <> |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 阿哥 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 哥哥 ><, 阿哥 <> |
| Cantonese | Macau | 阿哥 ><, 大佬 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 阿哥 ><, 大哥, 大佬 <> |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 阿哥 ><, 大佬 <> |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 阿哥 ><, 大佬 <> |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 阿哥 ><, 大佬 <> |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 阿哥 ><, 大佬 <> |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 阿哥 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 阿哥 ><, 大佬 <> |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 阿哥 ><, 大佬 <> |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 阿哥 ><, 大佬 <> |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 阿哥 ><, 大佬 <> |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 阿哥 ><, 大佬 <> |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 阿哥 ><, 大佬 <> |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 阿哥 ><, 大佬 <> |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 阿哥 ><, 大佬 <> |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 阿哥 ><, 大佬 <> |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 阿哥 ><, 大佬 <>, 哥 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 阿哥 ><, 大佬 <> |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 阿哥 ><, 大佬 <> |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 阿哥 ><, 大佬 <> |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 阿哥 ><, 大佬 <> |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 阿哥 ><, 大佬 <> |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 大佬, 阿哥 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 阿哥, 哥哥, 大佬 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 阿哥, 哥哥, 大佬 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 阿哥 ><, 大佬 <> |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 大佬, 哥哥 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 哥哥 ><, 兄 <> |
| Gan | Lichuan | 哥 ><, 兄 <> |
| Hakka | Meixian | 阿哥 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 阿哥 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 阿哥 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 阿哥 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 阿哥 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 阿哥 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 阿哥 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 阿哥 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 阿哥 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 阿哥 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 阿哥 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 阿哥 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Meilin) | 阿哥 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 阿哥 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 阿哥 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 哥哥 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 阿哥 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 阿哥 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 阿哥 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 阿哥, 哥 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 阿哥 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 阿哥 |
| Hakka | Changting | 老伯 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 老伯 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 老伯哩 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 哥 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 老伯 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 老伯 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 哥哥, 老伯 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 哥哥 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 哥哥, 老兄 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 老伯 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 老伯 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 哥哥 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 老伯 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 哥哥 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 阿哥 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 阿哥 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 阿哥 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 阿哥 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 阿哥 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 阿哥 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 阿哥 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 阿哥 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 阿哥 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 大佬 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 阿哥, 大佬 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 阿哥 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 阿哥 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 阿哥 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 阿哥 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 阿哥, 大哥 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 哥 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 哥 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Bao'an) | 阿哥 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 阿哥 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 阿哥 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 阿哥 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 阿哥 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 哥哥 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 哥哥, 哥 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 哥仔, 哥哥 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 依哥 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 哥, 阿哥 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 依哥 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 阿哥 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 阿兄, 阿哥, 兄哥, 俺兄 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 阿兄 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 大兄 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 阿哥, 哥, 阿兄, 兄 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 阿兄 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 阿兄, 咉兄 <> |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 兄, 阿兄 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 阿兄 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 阿兄 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 兄哥 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 阿兄 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 阿兄 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 大兄 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 阿兄 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 阿哥, 兄哥, 兄哥仔 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 大兄 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 阿兄 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 阿兄 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 阿兄 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 阿哥, 哥, 哥哥 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 阿兄, 大兄 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 阿兄, 哥仔 archaic |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 阿兄 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 阿兄 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 阿兄 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 阿兄 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 阿兄 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 阿兄 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 兄 ><, 尼兄 <> |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 阿哥 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 阿兄 ><, 阿哥 ><, 兄 <> |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 阿哥 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 阿兄 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 阿兄 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 哥 ><, 大佬 <> |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 阿哥 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 阿哥, 哥哥 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 阿哥 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 阿哥 |
| Wu | Danyang | 哥哥 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 阿哥, 哥哥 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 哥哥, 阿哥 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 阿大, 哥哥 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 哥哥 ><, 哥 <> |
| Xiang | Changsha | 老兄, 哥哥 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 老兄, 哥哥 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 老兄 <>, 哥哥 >< |
| Note | >< - face-to-face; <> - non-face-to-face | >< - face-to-face; <> - non-face-to-face |
* (term of address): 大哥 (dàgē)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 父, 爺, 嚴 honorific |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 父親 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 爸爸, 爸, 爹, 父親, 老頭兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 爸爸, 爸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 爸爸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 爸爸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 爸爸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 父親, 爸爸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 爸爸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 爸爸, 爸, 爹, 父親 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 父親, 爸爸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 父親, 爸爸, 爹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 爸爸, 爸, 爹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 爸爸, 爹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 爸爸, 父親, 爹, 阿瑪 dated, Manchus |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 父親, 爸爸, 爸, 爹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 爸爸, 爸, 爹哋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 爸爸, 爸, 老爸 <> |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 爸爸, 老爸, 爹 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 父親, 爸爸, 爹 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 爸爸, 爹, 伯 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 爸爸 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 爸爸, 爹 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 爹 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 爸爸, 爹, 大 Hui, 大大 Hui |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 爸爸 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 父親, 爸爸, 爸, 爹 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 爹 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 爹, 爸爸 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 爸爸, 爹 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 大大, 爺, 爸爸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 爹, 爸爸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 爹, 大 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 爸爸, 大 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 爸, 爹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 爸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 爸爸, 爹, 大 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 父親, 爸爸, 爹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 爹, 伯, 達 Hui or suburbs |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 爸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 父親, 爹, 爸爸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 爸, 爸爸, 達 Hui |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 父親, 爸, 爹, 伯 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 爸爸, 大 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 阿達, 達達, 爹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yanqi | 爹, 達達 Hui, 阿達 Hui, 老爹 <> |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 答答, 爸爸, 父親 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 父親, 爹, 爸爸, 爸, 大大, 大 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 達達, 達, 阿達 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 爹, 爸爸, 父親 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 爹, 爸爸, 老子 <>, 老爹 <>, 父親 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 大大, 爸, 爹爹 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 大大 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 爸爸, 爹, 爹爹, 達, 達達, 阿達 Hui, 先人 <>, 老爹 <>, 達當子 <> |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 爸爸, 爸, 老頭兒 <>, 老把子 <>, 老漢兒 <> |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 父親, 爸爸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 爸爸, 爹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 父親, 爸爸, 爸爸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 父親, 爸爸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 父親, 大大, 爺, 爸爸, 爹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 老漢兒, 爸爸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 爸爸, 爹 dated, 伯伯 <>, dated, 老子 <>, 老頭 <>, 點頭磕 <>, dated, 父老二 <>, dated, casual, 八叉 <>, dated, slang, 父親 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 父親, 爸爸, 伯伯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 父親, 爸爸, 爹, 大大 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 爸爸, 爹 dated, 老爹 <>, 老者 <>, 老者者 <> |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 爹, 爸爸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 爸爸, 老伯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 爹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 爸爸, 爺爺, 大爹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 阿爹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 爸爸, 父親, 爹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 爸爸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 爸爸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 爸, 阿爸, 爹, 老爹 <>, 爹老 <>, 爺老 <>, 老頭子 <> |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 父親, 爸爸, 爹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 爹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 父親, 爸爸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 阿爸, 阿爹, 爸爸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 爸, 爹, 爺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 爹, 爸爸, 伯伯, 爹爹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 爸爸, 爹爹, 老子 <>, 父親 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 父親, 爸爸, 大大 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 父親, 爺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 父, 父啊, 爸, 爸爸, 爺 <> |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 父親, 爸爸, 伯伯, 大大 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 爸爸, 大大 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 伯伯, 爺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 伯 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 父親, 父, 爸爸, 伯伯, 伯 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 阿爸, 爸爸, 爹哋, 老豆 <>, 伯爺 <> |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 阿爸, 爸爸, 爸, 爹哋, 爸B, 老豆 <>, 伯爺 <> |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 阿爸, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 爹, 阿爸 <>, 爸 <> |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 爸爸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 阿爸, 爹哋, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Xinjiao, Haizhu) | 爸爸, 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Longxi, Liwan) | 阿叔, 阿爸, 阿大 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huangpu) | 阿叔, 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Xinshi, Baiyun) | 阿叔, 阿爸, 阿大, 阿伯 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Shijing, Baiyun) | 阿叔, 阿爸, 阿哥 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Jiangcun, Baiyun) | 阿叔, 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Longgui, Baiyun) | 阿叔, 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Renhe, Baiyun) | 阿叔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zhuliao, Baiyun) | 阿叔, 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zhongluotan, Baiyun) | 阿叔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Jiufo, Huangpu) | 阿叔, 阿哥 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 阿爸, 爸爸, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 爸爸, 阿叔 dated, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 阿叔, 阿伯, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 阿爸, 爸爸, 阿哥, 阿叔, 奶公, 阿爺, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 阿爸, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 阿叔, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 阿爹, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 阿爸, 阿爹, 老豆 <>, 伯爺 <>, dated |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 阿爸, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 阿爸, 老子 <>, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Huancheng) | 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Nanlang) | 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Xiaolan) | 阿爸, 阿爹 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Dongsheng, Xiaolan) | 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Tanbei, Xiaolan) | 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Henglan) | 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Dongfeng) | 阿爸, 阿爹 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Nantou) | 阿爸, 阿爹 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Fusha) | 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shalang) | 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Gangkou) | 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Huangpu) | 阿爸, 爸爸, 阿爹 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Sanjiao) | 阿大, 爸爸 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Langwang, Minzhong) | 阿爸, 爸爸, 阿爹 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Minzhong) | 阿爸, 爸爸, 阿爹 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Guzhen) | 阿爹 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Banfu) | 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Tanzhou) | 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 阿爸, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 阿爸, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 阿爸, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 阿爸, 阿爹, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 阿爸, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 阿爸, 阿爹, 阿爺, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 阿爹, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 阿爹, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 阿爸, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 阿爸, 阿叔, 老豆 <>, 爸爸 childish, 爹哋 childish, 爸B childish, 阿大 rare, 老子 <> |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 阿爸, 爸爸, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 老豆, 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 老豆, 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 阿爸, 阿爹 <>, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 老豆, 阿爸 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 阿爸, 老豆, 爸爸 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 阿爸, 爸, 老豆, 老嘢 <> |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 爸爸, 阿叔, 叔公, 阿哥, 俺老子 <>, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 爸爸, 阿公, 俺公 <> |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 爸爸, 阿叔, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 爸爸, 阿叔, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 阿爸, 阿叔, 阿哥, 老豆 <> |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 爺 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 老豆, 阿爸, 爹哋, 老頭子 <> |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 阿爸, 爸爸, 老豆 <> |
| Gan | Nanchang | 爸爸, 爺, 老子 <>, 爺老子 <> |
| Gan | Lichuan | 爺, 伯伯, 家父 <> |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 爺爺, 爹爹, 爸爸, 爺老子 <> |
| Hakka | Meixian | 阿爸, 爺仔 <> |
| Hakka | Xingning | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 阿爸, 爸爸, 老豆 <> |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 阿爸, 爸爸 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 阿爸, 爸爸 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 阿爸, 爺子 <> |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 阿爺, 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Meilin) | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 爸 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 阿爸, 父親 <> |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 爺 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Changting | 爹爹, 哥哥, 爹哩 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 阿哥, 伯 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 爺哩 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 爸 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 伯 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 哥哥, 爹 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 爸爸, 爺老 <> |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 爹 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 爹爹, 爹子 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 爹, 爸爸 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 爸爸 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 爸爸 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 爸爸 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 爸爸, 爺爺 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 阿爸, 爺仔 <> |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 阿爸, 爺仔 <> |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 阿爸, 爺仔 <> |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 阿爸, 爺仔 <> |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 阿怙, 阿爺 <> |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 老子 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 阿爸, 老子 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 阿爸, 老豆 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 阿叔, 阿爹, 阿哥, 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 老子 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 爸, 哥 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 阿爸 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 阿爸 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 伯伯, 爹, 老子 <> |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 伯, 爺, 相, 爸爸, 大 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 爹, 爺, 爸 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 爺, 阿爺 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 爹爹, 爸爸, 官人 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 爺兒, 伯兒 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 爸爸, 爺 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 爸爸, 大大, 大, 爹, 老子 <> |
| Jin | Pingyao | 爹 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 父親, 爹, 爸爸, 爸 |
| Jin | Datong | 父親, 爸爸, 爹 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 大大, 大 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 父親, 爸爸, 爹, 老子 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 爸爸, 爹 |
| Jin | Linhe | 父親, 爸爸, 大, 老子 |
| Jin | Jining | 爸爸, 大 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 父親, 爸爸, 大, 老子 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 父親, 爸爸, 大 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 爹 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 父親, 爸爸, 爸, 爹, 大 |
| Jin | Handan | 父親, 爹 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 爹 |
| Jin | Suide | 爸爸, 老子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 爸爸, 爺爺 dated, 爹 <> |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 依爹, 依爸, 依爺 dated, 郎爸 <> |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 爸, 爸爸, 官, 阿伯, 阿哥, 阿叔 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 依爹 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 爸爸 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 阿爸, 阿叔 euphemistic, 老爸 <>, 老的 <>, 娘爸 <>, dated |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 老爸 <>, 俺爸 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 阿爸, 阿叔 euphemistic, 老爸 <>, 老的 <> |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 阿爸, 阿官, 阿叔 euphemistic, 老爸 <>, 老的 <>, 娘爸 <>, dated |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 娘爸 <> |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 爸, 老大 <>, 老爸 <> |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 爸爸, 阿爸, 老爸 <> |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 老歲仔, 老的, 阿爸, 老爸 <> |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 爸爸, 阿丈, 阿爸, 阿將, 老爸 <> |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 阿丈, 阿叔, 阿爸, 老爸 <> |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 阿府, 阿爸, 老爸 <> |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 爸爸, 老爸 <> |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 多桑, 爸爸, 阿叔, 阿爸, 俺二仔, 俺爹, 俺爸, 老爸 <> |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 阿爹, 爸爸, 老爸 <> |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 俺爹, 俺爸 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 阿爸, 爹, 二仔, 爸爸, 老爸 <> |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 阿爸, 爸, 爸爸, 老爸 <>, 爹 <>, 老的 <> |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 爸, 爸爸, 阿爸, 老爸 <> |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 爸爸, 爸, 阿爸, 老爸 <> |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 阿爸, 阿爹, 阿父 <>, 父 <> |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 阿爸, 阿父 <>, 父 <>, 大人 <>, honorific |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 阿爸, 父 <>, 大人 <>, honorific |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 阿爸, 阿父, 阿爹 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 爸, 爸爸, 阿爸, 父, 爹 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 阿爸, 爸爸, 阿父 <>, 爸 <> |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 阿父, 父 <> |
| Southern Min | Batam (Teochew) | 阿父 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 爸, 兄 dated, 阿 dated, 尼父 <>, 父 <>, 尼阿 <>, dated |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 阿爹, 阿兄, 阿官, 阿爸, 爸 <> |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 阿爸, 郎爸 <> |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 郎爸 <> |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 爸爸, 爹, 老子 <> |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 爸, 數字, 數老, 阿叔 dated, 老子 <> |
| Wu | Shanghai | 爸爸, 老爸, 爹爹 dated, 阿伯 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 爹爹, 阿爹 uncommon, 爺, 爺爺 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 爹爹 |
| Wu | Danyang | 爹爹, 爹, 爸爸 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 爹, 阿伯, 爸爸, 老子 <> |
| Wu | Ningbo | 阿伯, 爸爸, 爹 <>, 阿爹 <>, 老頭子 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 阿爸, 阿伯, 阿大 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 伯伯, 爹爹, 爸爸 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 伯 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 爹爹, 爺爺, 爺, 爺老倌 <>, 爺老子 <> |
| Xiang | Loudi | 爹爹, 爺老倌 <>, 爺老子 <>, 爺 <>, 老人家 <> |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 爹爹, 爺 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 爸爸 new-style, 爹爹 old style, 爺老子 <>, 爺 <>, 爺老倌子 <>, 老子 <> |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 大, 爹爹, 爸爸, 爺子 <>, 大子 <> |
| Note | <> - non-face-to-face | <> - non-face-to-face |

##### Descendants

* → Indonesian: akeo
* → Indonesian: engkoh

### Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of Manchu ᠠᡤᡝ (age).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): àge
    (Zhuyin): ㄚˋ ˙ㄍㄜ
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): a-ko
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: àge
*** Zhuyin: ㄚˋ ˙ㄍㄜ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: àge̊
*** Wade–Giles: a$^4$-ko$^5$
*** Yale: à-ge
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ah.ge
*** Palladius: агэ (agɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀä⁵¹ g̊ə¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-ko
*** Tâi-lô: a-ko
*** Phofsit Daibuun: a'koy
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴/

#### Noun

阿哥
* (Manchu term of address) son
* Title of a Manchu emperor's son not yet of age.
* (Zhangzhou Hokkien) Manchu male or noble
* (Zhangzhou Hokkien, derogatory) effeminate man

##### Synonyms

* (effeminate man): 偽娘／伪娘 (wěiniáng); (Cantonese) 女人士; (Hakka) 半婦人／半妇人

##### Derived terms

* 偷掠雞福仔假北仔阿哥／偷掠鸡福仔假北仔阿哥
* 北仔阿哥