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大佬
  daai6 lou2   jyutping
[1] elder brother; big brother | [synonym] 阿哥, 哥哥
[2] triad boss | [synonym] 大哥, 阿大
[3] old buddy

For [3], usually used at the end of a sentence to somebody whose name you don't know just for emphasis
noun

Level: 2   Google Frequency: 1,400,000

This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
大佬

This word has been viewed 10295 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by claw on 20th Jul 2004 08:10 and last edited on 10th Oct 2010 22:46
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Characters in this word:

 daai6  -  big
 lou2  -  guy, fellow, bloke, chap

1 compounds containing this word:

江湖大佬 - underworld big boss; triad big brother
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