阿哥

Chinese

 
(phonetic character); (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people
 elder brother
simp. and trad.
(阿哥)		 阿 哥

Etymology 1

Borrowed from the Xianbei language; see 哥 (gē).

Pronunciation

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
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

Noun

阿哥

  1. (chiefly Cantonese, Hakka, Min, Wu) elder brother
Synonyms
  • (short form) 哥 (gē)
Dialectal synonyms of 哥哥 (“elder brother”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 兄
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 哥哥、兄長
Mandarin Beijing 哥哥、哥
Taiwan 哥哥、哥
Shenyang 哥哥
Jinan 哥哥
Xi'an 哥
Wuhan 哥哥
Chengdu 哥哥、哥老倌兒
Kunming 哥哥
Yangzhou 哥哥
Hefei 哥哥
Cantonese Guangzhou 大佬、阿哥、哥哥
Hong Kong 大佬、阿哥、哥哥
Taishan 哥
Yangjiang 大佬、阿哥
Gan Nanchang 兄、哥哥
Hakka Meixian 阿哥
Xingning 阿哥
Huidong 阿哥
Qujiang 哥哥
Xiaosanjiang 阿哥
Changting 老伯
Pingyu 哥
Wuping 老伯
Liancheng 老伯
Ninghua 老伯
Ruijin 哥哥、老兄
Shicheng 老伯
Shangyou 老伯
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 阿哥
Liudui (S. Sixian) 阿哥
Hsinchu (Hailu) 阿哥
Dongshi (Dabu) 阿哥
Zhuolan (Raoping) 阿哥
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 阿哥
Jin Taiyuan 哥哥、哥
Min Bei Jian'ou 哥仔、哥哥
Min Dong Fuzhou 依哥
Min Nan Xiamen 阿兄、阿哥、兄哥、俺兄
Quanzhou 阿兄
Zhangzhou 阿兄
Taipei 阿兄、兄哥、哥哥
Penang 哥、哥哥
Philippines (Manila) 阿兄
Chaozhou 阿兄
Wu Shanghai 阿哥、哥哥
Suzhou 阿哥
Wenzhou 阿大、哥哥
Xiang Changsha 老兄、哥哥
Shuangfeng 老兄、哥哥

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Manchu ᠠᡤᡝ (age, “elder brother”). Entered Chinese during the Manchu-ruled Qing Dynasty.

Pronunciation

Noun

阿哥

  1. (Manchu term of address) son
  2. Title of a Manchu emperor's son not yet of age.
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