大洲

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	continent; island
trad. (大洲)		大	洲
simp. #(大洲)		大	洲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàzhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ zau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàzhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàjhou
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-chou¹
    • Yale: dà-jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahjou
    • Palladius: дачжоу (dačžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ zau¹
    • Yale: daaih jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ zeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

Etymology 1

Noun

大洲

1. continent

Synonyms

• 洲 (zhōu)

Derived terms

• 五大洲 (Wǔdàzhōu)

 

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大洲(おおず) (Ōzu).

Proper noun

大洲

1. (～市) Ōzu (a city in Ehime Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	洲
おお Grade: 1	す > ず Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Proper noun

大(おお)洲(ず) • (Ōzu) 

1. A city in Ehime Prefecture, Japan