大津

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	Tianjin; ferry
simp. and trad. (大津)		大	津

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大津(おおつ) (Ōtsu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dàjīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ zeon¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dàjīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dàjin
    • Wade–Giles: Ta⁴-chin¹
    • Yale: Dà-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahjin
    • Palladius: Дацзинь (Daczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ zeon¹
    • Yale: daaih jēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ dzoen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ zên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² t͡sɵn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

大津

1. (～市) Ōtsu (a city in Shiga Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

大津 (Ōtsu): various views around the city of Ōtsu in Shiga Prefecture.

Kanji in this term
大	津
おお Grade: 1	つ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 大 (ō, “big, large”) +‎ 津 (tsu, “harbor, port”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) お​おつ [óꜜòtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [o̞ːt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

大(おお)津(つ) • (ōtsu) ^{←おほつ (ofotu)?}

1. a large port or harbor
2. a type of mud used as an overcoat for an earthen or mud wall, named for the town of Ōtsu where it was produced
3. short for 大津馬 (Ōtsu uma), a stage horse from the town of Ōtsu

Proper noun

大(おお)津(つ) • (Ōtsu) ^{←おほつ (ofotu)?}

1. Ōtsu (the capital city of Shiga Prefecture), an important port on Lake Biwa
2. the name of various other places in Japan
3. a surname