序大人

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Chinese

		old; senior	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (序大人)		序大	人
alternative forms		是大人祀大人視大人／视大人

Etymology

From 是 (sī) + 大人 (tōa-lâng).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sī-tōa-lâng / sǐ-tōa-lâng

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī-tōa-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: sī-tuā-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sixdoaxlaang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²²⁻²¹ tua²²⁻²¹ laŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /si³³⁻¹¹ tua³³⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /si³³⁻²¹ tua³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /si²²⁻²¹ tua²²⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sǐ-tōa-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: sǐ-tuā-lâng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /si²² tua⁴¹⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /si³³⁻²² tua⁴¹⁻²² laŋ²⁴/

Noun

序大人

(Hokkien) parents
(Mainland China and Taiwanese Hokkien, sometimes) one's older relatives

References

^ 楊雅儒 (1927) 洪淑苓, editor, 新出賣大燈歌‎, 廈門市(Amoy, Fukien, ROC): 會文堂編輯部, page 3 (ntul-mf0006_g2341203_0004)
^ Macgowan, Rev. John (1883) English and Chinese Dictionary of the Amoy Dialect‎, Amoy, Fuhkien, Qing China, page 517

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