大肚黃

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Chinese

pregnant Wong; Huang (surname)
trad. (大肚黃) 大肚 黃
simp. (大肚黄) 大肚 黄
Literally: “pregnant Wong”.

Etymology

From the resemblance of the character 黃／黄 to a pregnant woman.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

大肚黃

  1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Guangxi Mandarin, Jinhua Wu, Nanning Pinghua) the surname 黃／黄
    你姓大肚黃定係三畫王呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
    你姓大肚黄定系三画王呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 sing3 daai6 tou5 wong4-2 ding6 hai6 saam1 waa2 wong4 aa3?
    Is your surname "pregnant Wong" or "three-stroked Wong"?

Usage notes

The surnames 黃／黄 and 王 are homophones in Cantonese and Hakka, so 大肚黃／大肚黄 (or 江夏黃／江夏黄) and 三畫王／三画王 are used to distinguish the two surnames.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 草頭黃 (“the surname 黃”)
Variety Location Words
Southwestern Mandarin Liuzhou 大肚黃
Nanning (Wuming) 大肚黃
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 草頭黃
Cantonese Guangzhou 大肚黃
Hong Kong 大肚黃, 江夏黃
Gan Nanchang 草頭黃
Pengze 草頭黃
Pingxiang 草頭黃, 共田八
Hakka Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 大肚黃, 草頭黃, 井田黃
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 大肚黃
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 大肚黃
Northern Min Jian'ou 大腹黃, 草頭黃
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 大肚黃
Wu Danyang 共田黃
Jinhua 大肚黃, 草頭黃

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