大寒

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	cold; poor; to tremble
simp. and trad. (大寒)		大	寒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): Dàhán

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄢˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): Da⁴ han²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ hon⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): tai⁵ hon²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Thai-hòn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): tai⁴ hon²

• Jin (Wiktionary): da³ han¹
• Northern Min (KCR): Duōi-uǐng
• Eastern Min (BUC): Duâi-hàng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Tāi-hân / Tōa-kôaⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dua⁷ hang⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶da-ghoe
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): dai⁵ han² / da⁴ han²

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dàhán
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dàhán
    • Wade–Giles: Ta⁴-han²
    • Yale: Dà-hán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahharn
    • Palladius: Дахань (Daxanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ xän³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: Da⁴ han²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: Daxan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ta²¹³ xan²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ hon⁴
    • Yale: daaih hòhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ hon⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ hon⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² hɔːn²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: tai⁵ hon²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰai¹¹ hɵn²⁴/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Thai-hòn
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai honˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ hon²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ hon¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: tai⁴ hon²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰaɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ hɔn¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: da³ han¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ta⁴⁵ xæ̃¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: Duōi-uǐng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tuɛ⁵⁵ uiŋ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Duâi-hàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tuai²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(h-)aŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tāi-hân
    • Tâi-lô: Tāi-hân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixhaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ han²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ han¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ han²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ han²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² han²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tōa-kôaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Tuā-kuânn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxkvoaa
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ kuã²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ kuã²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dua⁷ hang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuā hâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tua¹¹ haŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶da-ghoe
    • MiniDict: da^去 ghoe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³da-hhoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /da²² ɦø⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: dai⁵ han² / da⁴ han²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai̯²¹⁻¹¹ xan¹³/, /ta̠⁴⁵ xan¹³/

Proper noun

大寒

1. Dahan (one of twenty-four solar terms)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (大寒):

• → Japanese: 大寒(だいかん) (daikan)
• → Korean: 대한(大寒) (daehan)
• → Vietnamese: đại hàn (大寒)

See also

• 二十四節氣／二十四节气 (Èrshísì Jiéqì, “The twenty-four solar terms”):
  • Spring: 立春 (Lìchūn)、雨水 (yǔshuǐ)、驚蟄／惊蛰 (Jīngzhé)、春分 (Chūnfēn)、清明 (qīngmíng)、穀雨／谷雨 (Gǔyǔ)
  • Summer: 立夏 (Lìxià)、小滿／小满 (Xiǎomǎn)、芒種／芒种 (mángzhòng)、夏至 (xiàzhì)、小暑 (Xiǎoshǔ)、大暑 (Dàshǔ)
  • Autumn: 立秋 (Lìqiū)、處暑／处暑 (Chǔshǔ)、白露 (báilù)、秋分 (Qiūfēn)、寒露 (Hánlù)、霜降 (Shuāngjiàng)
  • Winter: 立冬 (Lìdōng)、小雪 (xiǎoxuě)、大雪 (dàxuě)、冬至 (dōngzhì)、小寒 (Xiǎohán)、大寒 (Dàhán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	寒
だい Grade: 1	かん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [da̠ikã̠ɴ]

Proper noun

大(だい)寒(かん) • (Daikan) 

1. "Greater Cold" (one of twenty-four solar terms)

See also

• 二(に)十(じゅう)四(し)節(せっ)気(き) (Nijūshi Sekki, “The twenty-four solar terms”):
  • Spring: 立(りっ)春(しゅん) (Risshun), 雨(う)水(すい) (Usui), 啓(けい)蟄(ちつ) (Keichitsu), 春(しゅん)分(ぶん) (Shunbun), 清(せい)明(めい) (Seimei), 穀(こく)雨(う) (Kokuu)
  • Summer: 立(りっ)夏(か) (Rikka), 小(しょう)満(まん) (Shōman), 芒(ぼう)種(しゅ) (Bōshu), 夏(げ)至(し) (Geshi), 小(しょう)暑(しょ) (Shōsho), 大(たい)暑(しょ) (Taisho)
  • Autumn: 立(りっ)秋(しゅう) (Risshū), 処(しょ)暑(しょ) (Shosho), 白(はく)露(ろ) (Hakuro), 秋(しゅう)分(ぶん) (Shūbun), 寒(かん)露(ろ) (Kanro), 霜(そう)降(こう) (Sōkō)
  • Winter: 立(りっ)冬(とう) (Rittō), 小(しょう)雪(せつ) (Shōsetsu), 大雪(たいせつ) (Taisetsu), 冬(とう)至(じ) (Tōji), 小(しょう)寒(かん) (Shōkan), 大寒(だいかん) (Daikan)