大總統

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	president; commander-in-chief
trad. (大總統)		大	總統
simp. (大总统)		大	总统

Etymology

The prefix 大 (dà) is added to distinguish from 總統／总统 (zǒngtǒng), which meant "commander-in-chief" in the past. Compare Japanese 大統領 (だいとうりょう, ​daitōryō).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàzǒngtǒng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄊㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ zung² tung²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-chúng-thúng
• Eastern Min (BUC): duâi-cūng-tūng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-chóng-thóng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dai⁶ zong² tong²

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶da-tson-thon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàzǒngtǒng [Phonetic: dàzóngtǒng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄊㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàzǒngtǒng
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-tsung³-tʻung³
    • Yale: dà-dzǔng-tǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahtzoongtoong
    • Palladius: дацзунтун (daczuntun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ t͡sʊŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ zung² tung²
    • Yale: daaih júng túng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ dzung² tung²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ zung² tung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² t͡sʊŋ³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-chúng-thúng
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai zung` tung`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ zung³ tung³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ t͡suŋ³¹ tʰuŋ³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: duâi-cūng-tūng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tuai²⁴²⁻²¹ ^(t͡s-)ʒuŋ³³⁻³⁵ ^(tʰ-)nuŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-chóng-thóng
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-tsóng-thóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixzofngtorng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ t͡sɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² t͡sɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ t͡sɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ t͡sɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ t͡sɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dai⁶ zong² tong²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tăi tsóng thóng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡soŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰoŋ⁵²⁻²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶da-tson-thon
    • MiniDict: da^去 tson thon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³da-tson-thon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /da²² t͡soŋ⁵⁵ tʰoŋ²¹/

Noun

大總統

1. (dated) president (of a republic)

Synonyms

• (modern) 總統／总统 (zǒngtǒng)