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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 大哥

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
大哥 dà gē - eldest brother
- big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself)
- gang leader; boss

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 4 2,892 4,399 3,086

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
大 dà- big; large; great
- older (than another person)
- eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3])
- greatly; freely; fully
- (dialect) father
- (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
大 dài- see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
哥 gē- elder brother

Other Words Containing 大哥

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
大哥 - 4 2,892 4,399 3,086
老大哥 - - 17,928 30,085 32,152
大哥大 - - 29,597 35,416 32,122