大象

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	shape; form; appearance shape; form; appearance; elephant; image under a map (maths)
trad. (大象)		大	象
simp. #(大象)		大	象

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàxiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ zoeng⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-siong
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-chhiūⁿ / tōa-chhiǔⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàxiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàsiàng
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-hsiang⁴
    • Yale: dà-syàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshianq
    • Palladius: дасян (dasjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ zoeng⁶
    • Yale: daaih jeuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ dzoeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ zêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² t͡sœːŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-siong
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai xiong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ xiong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ si̯oŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-chhiūⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-tshiūnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxchviu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiũ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiũ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiũ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-chhiǔⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-tshiǔnn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰiũ²²/

Noun

大象

1. elephant (Classifier: 頭／头 m; 隻／只 m)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 大象 (“elephant”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		象
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		象
Taxonomic name		象
Mandarin	Taiwan	大象
	Luoyang	象
	Wanrong	象
	Xi'an	象
	Ürümqi	象
	Wuhan	象
	Chengdu	象
	Guiyang	象
	Liuzhou	大象
	Singapore	大象
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	象
Cantonese	Guangzhou	大笨象
	Hong Kong	大笨象
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	象
	Macau	大笨象
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	大笨象
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	大笨象
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	大笨象
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	大笨象
	Foshan	大笨象
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	大笨象
	Foshan (Shunde)	大笨象
	Foshan (Sanshui)	大笨象
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	大象
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	大笨象
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	大笨象
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	象
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	象
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	象
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	象
	Taishan	象, 大笨象
	Taishan (Guanghai)	大象哥, 大象
	Kaiping (Chikan)	象
	Enping (Niujiang)	象
	Heshan (Yayao)	象
	Dongguan	大笨象
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	大笨象
	Nanning	大笨象
	Wuzhou	大笨象
	Yulin	大象
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	大象
	Guiping	大笨象
	Mengshan (Xihe)	象
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	大笨象
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	象
	Baise	大笨象
	Bobai	大象
	Lingshan	象
	Pubei	象
	Qinzhou	大笨象
	Beihai	大笨象
	Ningming	大象
	Hengzhou	大象
	Hezhou (Pumen)	大象
	Mandalay (Taishan)	象
Gan	Nanchang	象
Hakka	Meixian	象
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	大笨象
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	象
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	大笨象
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	大笨象
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	大笨象
	Conghua (Lütian)	大象
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	象仔, 大象
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	象仔, 大象
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	象, 大象
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	象, 大象
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	象, 大象
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	象, 大象
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	象
	Mashan (Pianlian)	象
Jin	Taiyuan	象
Northern Min	Jian'ou	象
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	象
Southern Min	Xiamen	象
	Quanzhou	象
	Zhangzhou	象
	Zhao'an	象
	Dongshan	象
	Taipei	象
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	象
	Kaohsiung	象
	Yilan	象
	Changhua (Lukang)	象
	Taichung	象
	Taichung (Wuqi)	象
	Tainan	象
	Taitung	象
	Hsinchu	象
	Kinmen	象
	Penghu (Magong)	象
	Penang (Hokkien)	象
	Singapore (Hokkien)	象, 大象
	Manila (Hokkien)	象
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	象
	Shantou	象
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	象
	Haikou	象
Puxian Min	Putian	象
Central Min	Yong'an	象
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	大笨象, 大象
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	大象
Wu	Shanghai	象, 象鼻頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	象
	Suzhou	象
	Danyang	象
	Hangzhou	象
Xiang	Quanzhou	大象

Derived terms

• 房間裡的大象／房间里的大象 (fángjiān lǐ de dàxiàng)

 

Related terms

• 印度象 (Yìndù xiàng, “Indian elephant”)
• 亞洲象／亚洲象 (Yàzhōu xiàng, “Asian elephant”)
• 非洲象 (Fēizhōu xiàng, “African elephant”)