大馬哈

大馬哈

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	horse; surname	onomatopoeic representation of laughter
trad. (大馬哈)		大	馬	哈
simp. (大马哈)		大	马	哈

Etymology

In the sense of a fish, from Nanai dao imaχa (“chum salmon”, where imaχa means “fish”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàmǎhā

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dàmǎhā
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄚ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahmaaha
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàmǎha
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xä⁵⁵/

Noun

大馬哈

1. (informal) Short for 大馬哈魚／大马哈鱼 (dàmǎhāyú, “chum salmon”).

   • 4月10日，在黑龍江省邊陲縣城——東寧縣冰雪初開的綏芬河下游的我國境內，40多萬尾大馬哈幼魚又被放入河中，歡快地告別故土，向大海游去。 [MSC, trad.]
     4月10日，在黑龙江省边陲县城——东宁县冰雪初开的绥芬河下游的我国境内，40多万尾大马哈幼鱼又被放入河中，欢快地告别故土，向大海游去。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1995 April 28, 徐英杰, 大马哈鱼苗放流绥芬河, in 《人民日报》, page 2

     4 yuè 10 rì, zài Hēilóngjiāng Xǐng biānchuí xiànchéng — Dōngníng xiàn bīngxuě chū kāi de Suífēn Hé xiàyóu de wǒguó jìngnèi, 40 duō wàn wěi dàmǎhā yòuyú yòu bèi fàngrù hé zhōng, huānkuài dì gàobié gùtǔ, xiàng dàhǎi yóu qù. [Pinyin]

     On April 10, in the lower reaches of Suifen River within our borders, which was just starting to thaw, in border county Dongning County, Heilongjiang Province, over 400,000 chum salmon fry were being released into the river, and happily bidding farewell with their old homes, they swam towards the ocean.

2. (colloquial) Synonym of 馬大哈／马大哈 (mǎdàhā, “scatterbrain”).

Quotations

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Anagrams

• 馬大哈／马大哈 (mǎdàhā)