大地震

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	earthquake; shifting or shuffling of posts
trad. (大地震)		大	地震
simp. #(大地震)		大	地震

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàdìzhèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄓㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ dei⁶ zan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàdìzhèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄓㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàdìjhèn
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-ti⁴-chên⁴
    • Yale: dà-dì-jèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahdihjenn
    • Palladius: дадичжэнь (dadičžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ dei⁶ zan³
    • Yale: daaih deih jan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ dei⁶ dzan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ déi⁶ zen³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² tei̯²² t͡sɐn³³/

Noun

大地震

1. large earthquake (typically with a magnitude 7 or greater)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
大	地	震
おお Grade: 1	じ Grade: 2	しん Grade: S
kun’yomi	on’yomi

Compound of 大 (ō, “great”) +‎ 地震 (jishin, “earthquake”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おおじ​しん [òójíꜜshìǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [o̞ːʑiɕĩɴ]

Noun

大(おお)地(じ)震(しん) • (ōjishin) ^{←おほぢしん (ofodisin)?}

1. a large earthquake; typically has a magnitude 7 or greater

   2010年(にせんじゅうねん)チリ大地震(おおじしん)

   nisen-jū-nen Chiri ōjishin

   2010 Chile earthquake

Usage notes

• Both readings 大地震(おおじしん) (ōjishin) and 大地震(だいじしん) (daijishin) are common. The NHK insists on reading it as 大地震(おおじしん) (ōjishin).

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
大	地	震
だい Grade: 1	じ Grade: 2	しん Grade: S
on’yomi

Compound of 大 (dai, “great”) +‎ 地震 (jishin, “earthquake”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) だいじ​しん [dàíjíꜜshìǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [da̠iʑiɕĩɴ]

Noun

大(だい)地(じ)震(しん) • (daijishin) ^{←だいぢしん (daidisin)?}

1. a large earthquake; typically has a magnitude 7 or greater

Usage notes

• Both readings 大地震(おおじしん) (ōjishin) and 大地震(だいじしん) (daijishin) are common. The NHK insists on reading it as 大地震(おおじしん) (ōjishin).