大daai6人jan4

English

1. adult
2. (slang) when address a judge as "Your Honour"
3. adult; grown-up
4. grownup
5. title of respect toward superiors like elders, judges and ancient officials
6. title of respect toward superiors
7. used in certain set phrases to mean a person of great moral stature

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 過咗青春期，生理上發育成熟嘅人（唔同地區、唔同法律類別會有唔同嘅法定年齡標準）（量詞：個）
2. 對長輩、法官、古時官員呢啲在上位者嘅尊稱
3. 喺某啲慣用語句表示品格高尚嘅人

Examples

• 父親大人

  Father

• 知縣大人

  mayor of a county

• 法官大人

  Your Worship; Your Honour; Your Lordship; Your Ladyship (Note: Judges are addressed as 法官閣下 faat3 gun1 gok3 haa6 after the transfer of sovereignty in 1997.)

• 大人有大量

  request to someone to be forgiving

• 大人，冤枉啊！

  Your Honour, I'm innocent! ----

• 大人不記小人過

  a person of great moral stature does not remember the offenses committed by one of low moral stature

• 我唔係加拿大人。

  I am not Canadian.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 細路仔出街都係有大人陪住好啲。

  It's better for children to be accompanied by adults when they go outside. ----