大器

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	device; tool; utensil
trad. (大器)		大	器
simp. #(大器)		大	器

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ hei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàcì
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-chʻi⁴
    • Yale: dà-chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahchih
    • Palladius: даци (daci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 大器 大氣／大气

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ hei³
    • Yale: daaih hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² hei̯³³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 大氣／大气 大器 大戲／大戏

Noun

大器

1. (archaic) treasure (especially jade tablets, stone ornaments, bells, cauldrons, etc.)
2. (archaic, philosophy) laws of nature; laws of heaven
3. (figuratively) person of great talent

Synonyms

• (laws of nature): 天道 (tiāndào)
• (person of great talent):

• 大材 (dàcái) (literary)
• 絕才／绝才 (juécái) (literary)
• 茂士 (màoshì) (literary)
• 英才 (yīngcái)
• 豪傑／豪杰 (háojié) (literary)
• 賢材／贤材 (xiáncái) (literary)
• 高能 (gāonéng) (literary)
• 鸞鳳／鸾凤 (luánfèng) (archaic)
• 麒麟 (qílín) (literary)
• 龍虎／龙虎 (lónghǔ) (figurative)

 

Derived terms

• 大器小用 (dàqì-xiǎoyòng)
• 大器晚成 (dàqìwǎnchéng)
• 放大器 (fàngdàqì)