大一統

See also: 大一统

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	to unite; united; unified
trad. (大一統)		大	一統
simp. (大一统)		大	一统

Etymology

In the original context of the Gongyang as exegesis of the Chunqiu, the character 大 (dà) was typically used as a verb meaning "to magnify; to aggrandize; to praise", as in the following passage:

「元年春王正月。」……何言乎王正月？大一統也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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「元年春王正月。」……何言乎王正月？大一统也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Commentary of Gongyang, c. 206 BCE– 9 CE

“yuánnián chūn wáng zhēngyuè.”...... Hé yán hū wáng zhēngyuè? Dà yītǒng yě. [Pinyin]

(It is written) "Year One, spring, The King's First Month." … What is meant by the very mentioning of "The King's First Month"? To magnify Unity.

In current usage 大 is re-analysed as the modifier of 一統.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàyītǒng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄧ ㄊㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ jat¹ tong²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàyītǒng [Phonetic: dàyìtǒng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄧ ㄊㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàyitǒng
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-i¹-tʻung³
    • Yale: dà-yī-tǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahitoong
    • Palladius: даитун (daitun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ jat¹ tong²
    • Yale: daaih yāt tóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ jat⁷ tong²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ yed¹ tong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² jɐt̚⁵ tʰɔːŋ³⁵/

Noun

大一統

1. unification (of a nation)
2. any large-scale unification
3. (physics) (～理論) Alternative form of 大統一／大统一 (dàtǒngyī)

Anagrams

• 大統一／大统一 (dàtǒngyī)