大姑娘 (dà) — eldest daughter; grown-up unmarried woman; (dialectal) aunt (usually father's elder sister)
Definition
Literally 'big girl': an unmarried young woman past girlhood (主 sense), or in some dialects, a father's elder sister ('aunt'). The 'aunt' reading is regional, not standard Mandarin.
noun
eldest daughtergrown-up unmarried woman(dialectal) aunt (usually father's elder sister)
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 。Tā jiā de dà gū niang jīn nián èr shí suì le.Her family's eldest daughter is twenty years old this year.
- 。Wǒ xiǎo shí hou cháng qù dà gū niang jiā wán.When I was young, I often went to my aunt's house to play.
- ，。Tā shì gè dà gū niang le, gāi zhǎo duì xiàng le.She's a grown-up girl now; she should find a partner.
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