# 大姑
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dàgū
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄨ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): daai$^6$ gu$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ai$^5$ gu$^1$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): tai$^4$ gu$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): duâi-gŭ
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-ko͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dua$^7$ gou$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàgū
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàgu
*** Wade–Giles: ta$^4$-ku$^1$
*** Yale: dà-gū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahgu
*** Palladius: дагу (dagu)
*** Sinological IPA : /tä⁵¹ ku⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$大姑 小姑
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daai$^6$ gu$^1$
*** Yale: daaih gū
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daai$^6$ gu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dai$^6$ gu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /taːi̯²² kuː⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$大姑 大家
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ai$^5$ gu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ai³² ku³³/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: tai$^4$ gu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰaɪ⁵³ ku⁴⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: duâi-gŭ
*** Sinological IPA : /tuai²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ $^{(k-)}$u⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-ko͘
*** Tâi-lô: tuā-koo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doaxkof
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ kɔ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² kɔ³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ kɔ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ kɔ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ kɔ⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: dua$^7$ gou$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuā kou
*** Sinological IPA : /tua¹¹ kou³³/

### Noun

大姑
* father's oldest sister
* (regional) sister-in-law (husband's elder sister)
* (obsolete) respectful address for a woman

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 姑母 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 姑媽 §, 姑姑, 姑兒, 娘兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 姑姑 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 姑, 姑姑 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 姑姑 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 姑姑 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 姑姑, 姑 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 姑 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 姑 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 姑 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong (Ronghe) | 姑 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 姑媽 †, 姑 ‡ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 娘娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 姑娘, 姑姑, 姑兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 姑媽 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 娘娘 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 姑媽 †, 姑姑 ‡ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 姑媽 §, 娘娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 姑媽 §, 娘娘, 葉葉, 小爹 dated |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 姑媽 §, 娘娘 ‡≠ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 姑媽 §, 娘 ≠ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 姑媽 †, 姑 ‡, 阿姑 ‡ |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 姑媽 †, 娘娘 ‡ |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 娘娘, 大姑子 † eldest |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 姑媽 † |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 姑佬, 佬佬, 佬 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 大姑 †, 姑仔 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 大姑 †, 阿姑 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Macau | 姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 姑母 †, 娘仔 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 阿娘 †, 阿姑 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 大姑 †, 姑媽 †, 阿姑 ‡, 姑姐 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 姑姐 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 阿姑 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 阿姑 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 阿姑 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 阿姑 †, 姑仔 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 阿姑 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 阿姑, 大姑 †, 姑 ‡, 姑仔 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 阿姑 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 阿姑 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 姑媽 †, 阿姑 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 阿姑, 姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 大姑 †, 姑媽 †, 阿姑 ‡, 姑姐 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 姑媽, 姑姐 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 阿姑 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 大姑 †, 阿姑 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 阿姑 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 𡜵奶 †, 姑 ‡, 姑仔 ‡, 阿姑 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 姑媽, 姑姐 ≠ |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 姑媽 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 姑娘, 姑姑, 姑, 大娘, 大姑娘 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 姑 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 姑娘 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 阿姑 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 阿姑 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 大姑 †, 阿姑 ‡ |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 大姑 †, 細姑 ‡ |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 大姑 †, 姑仔 ‡ |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 阿姑 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 姑姑, 姑姊 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 阿姑 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 阿姑 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 阿姑 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 阿姑 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 阿姑 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 阿姑 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 大姑 †, 姑仔 ‡ |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 阿姑 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 姑, 姑姑 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 姑姑, 姑媽 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 姑姑 ∅, 姑姑啊 ¶ |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 姑姑 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 大細姑, 姑媽 †, 姑 ‡, 依姑 ‡ |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 姑姐 †, 大姐 †, 姑 ‡, 阿姑 ‡ |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 依姑 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 姑姑 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 阿姑 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 阿姑 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 阿姑 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 阿姑 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 阿姑 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 阿姑 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 阿姑 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 阿姑 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 阿姑 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 阿姑 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 阿姑 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 阿姑 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 阿姑 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 阿姑 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 阿姑, 姑姑 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 阿姑 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 阿姑 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 阿姑 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 阿姑 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 阿姑 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 姑母, 尼姑 ‡, ∅, 姑 ‡, ¶, 父姑 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 姆 †, 姑㜥 ‡, 㜥 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 姑母 ∅, 阿姑 ¶ |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 姑母 †, 姑 ‡ |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 姑母 †, 姑 ‡ |
| Wu | Shanghai | 娘娘, 姑母, 姑媽 ‡ |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 姑娘 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 嬤嬤 †, 娘娘 ‡ |
| Wu | Danyang | 親嫚 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 乾娘 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 姑嬤 †, 阿姑 ‡ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 阿娘 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 娘娘, 姑 ∅ |
| Xiang | Changsha | 姑媽 §, 姑子 ≠, 大姑子 †, 細姑子 ‡ |
| Xiang | Loudi | 大唧 †, 嫚嫚 ‡ |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 大基 †, 嫚嫚 ‡ |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 姑伯娘 †, 姑唧 ‡, 嫚嫚 ‡ |
| Note | † - father's elder sister; ‡ - father's younger sister; § - married; ≠ - unmarried; ¶ - face-to-face; ∅ - non-face-to-face | † - father's elder sister; ‡ - father's younger sister; § - married; ≠ - unmarried; ¶ - face-to-face; ∅ - non-face-to-face |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 大姑子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 大姑子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 大姑子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 大姑子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 大姑子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 大姑子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 大姑子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 大姑子, 大姑姐兒, 大姑姐 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 大姑子, 大姑姐 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 大姑姐 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 大姑子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 大姑子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 大姑子, 大姑姐兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 大姑子, 大姑姐, 大姐 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 大姑子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 大姑子, 大姑姐 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 大姑子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 大姑子, 大姑兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 大姑子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 姑姑子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 大姑子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 大姑姐 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 大姑姐 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 大姑子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 大姑子, 大姑姐 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 大姑兒, 大姑姐 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 大姑子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 大姑子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 大姑兒姐 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 大姑子姐 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 大姑子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 大姑子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 大姑子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 大姑姐 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 大姑兒姐 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 大姑 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 大姑 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 大姑子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 大姑子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 大姑子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 大姑兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 大姑子, 大姑姐, 姐姐 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 大姑子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 大姑子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 大姑子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 大姑子, 大姑子姐姐 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 大姑子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 大姑子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 大姑子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 大姑子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 大姑子, 姐姐 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 大姑子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 大姑子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 大姑子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 大娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 大姑子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 大姑媽, 大姑姑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 大姑媽, 姐姐 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 大姑媽, 姐姐 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 大姑子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 大姑子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 大姑子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 大姑子, 姐姐 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 大姑子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 大姑姥太 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 大姑子, 大姑太 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 大姑媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 大姐 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 大姑, 大姑子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 姑姑, 姐姐 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 大姑 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 大姑子, 大姑老太 usually middle-aged |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 大姑子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 大姑子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 大姑娘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 大姑娘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 大姑子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 大姑姥 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 大姑子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 姐 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 大姑, 姑奶 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 姑奶 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 大姑子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 大娘姑 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 大娘姊 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 大娘姊 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 大娘姊 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 大娘姊, 大娘姑 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 大娘姊 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 大姑 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 大姑, 姑娘 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 大姑子 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 大姑兒 |
| Jin | Datong | 大姑子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 大姑子 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 大姑子 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 大姑子 |
| Jin | Linhe | 大姑兒姐姐 |
| Jin | Jining | 大姑子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 大姑子 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 大姑子 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 大姑子 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 大姑子 |
| Jin | Handan | 大姑子 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 大姑了 |
| Jin | Suide | 大姑子, 姐 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 大娘姑 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 大娘姑 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 大娘姑 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 大娘姑 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 大娘姑 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 大娘姑 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 大娘姑 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 阿姑仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 大娘姑 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 大娘姑, 阿姑仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 大娘姑 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 大姑仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 大娘姑 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 大娘姑 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 大娘姑 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 大姑 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 姑母 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 姑母阿姐 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 大姑娘 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 大姑娘 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 姑嬤, 姑嬤頭 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 大姑娘 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 大娘娘, 大娘 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 大姑子 |

### See also

* 大家 (dàjiā)