光大

Chinese

		light; ray; bright	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
simp. and trad. (光大)		光	大

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guāngdà

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤ ㄉㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong¹ daai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-tāi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guāngdà
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤ ㄉㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guangdà
    • Wade–Giles: kuang¹-ta⁴
    • Yale: gwāng-dà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guangdah
    • Palladius: гуанда (guanda)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ tä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwong¹ daai⁶
    • Yale: gwōng daaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwong¹ daai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: guong¹ dai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ taːi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-tāi
    • Tâi-lô: kong-tāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongdai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tai²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ tai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tai²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tai³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tai³³/

Verb

光大

1. to glorify; to carry forward; to develop

Synonyms

• 光耀 (guāngyào)

Adjective

光大

1. wide; extensive
2. glorious and majestic

Synonyms

• (wide):

• 宏大 (hóngdà)
• 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)

 

Derived terms

• 發揚光大／发扬光大 (fāyángguāngdà)