宏大

Chinese

		spacious	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
simp. and trad. (宏大)		宏	大
alternative forms		弘大

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóngdà

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄉㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wang⁴ daai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hông-tāi / hông-tōa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóngdà
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄉㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóngdà
    • Wade–Giles: hung²-ta⁴
    • Yale: húng-dà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngdah
    • Palladius: хунда (xunda)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ tä⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wang⁴ daai⁶
    • Yale: wàhng daaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wang⁴ daai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: weng⁴ dai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐŋ²¹ taːi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-tāi
    • Tâi-lô: hông-tāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongdai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² tai²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tai³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² tai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³⁻²² tai²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³⁻³³ tai³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-tōa
    • Tâi-lô: hông-tuā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongdoa
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³⁻²² tua²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² tua²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² tua⁴¹/

Adjective

宏大

1. grand; vast; magnificent; ambitious

Synonyms

• 光大 (guāngdà)
• 寬大／宽大 (kuāndà)
• 寬闊／宽阔 (kuānkuò)
• 巨大 (jùdà)
• 廣／广
• 廣大／广大 (guǎngdà)
• 廣闊／广阔 (guǎngkuò)
• 龐／庞 (literary, or in compounds)
• 龐大／庞大 (pángdà)
• 洪大 (hóngdà)
• 浩大 (hàodà)
• 無邊／无边 (wúbiān)
• 甚大 (shèndà) (literary)
• 莽莽 (mǎngmǎng)
• 蕩／荡 (dàng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 薄海 (bóhǎi) (literary, figurative, of an area)
• 遼闊／辽阔 (liáokuò)

 

Antonyms

• 狹小／狭小 (xiáxiǎo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
宏	大
こう Jinmeiyō	だい Grade: 1
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 宏大 – see the following entry.

【広大こうだい】 [adjective] huge [adjective] vast [adjective] magnificent [adjective] grand [noun] vastness [proper noun] a male given name Alternative spelling 弘大

(This term, 宏大, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
宏	大

Noun

宏大 • (goengdae) (hangeul 굉대)

1. Hanja form^? of 굉대.