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daai6 jan4
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[1] adult; grown-up [2] Your Honour; Your Excellency [3] [literary] Dear (Father/Mother) [4] great man; person of high rank or noble mind (1) Pinyin da4 ren5 is used for first two meanings; da4 ren2 for latter two.
(2) "Your Honour" is mainly used on a judge.  Level: 1 Google Frequency: 7,470,000 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 4427 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 13th May 2013 01:56 |
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Characters in this word:大 daai6 - big人 jan4 - person; human being 3 compounds containing this word:大人大姐 - adults大人物 - an important person, a bigshot, a VIP 加拿大人 - a Canadian (person) |
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