大使

Chinese

Etymology 1

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	messenger
simp. and trad. (大使)		大	使

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): dàshǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˇ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): дашы (dašɨ, III-I)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): daai⁶ si³ / daai⁶ si⁵

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ai⁵ lhu²

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thai-sṳ́

  (Hailu, HRS): tai^˖ sii^ˊ

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-sài

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dai⁶ sai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàshǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàshǐh
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-shih³
    • Yale: dà-shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshyy
    • Palladius: даши (daši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: дашы (dašɨ, III-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ta⁴⁴ ʂʐ̩²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ si³ / daai⁶ si⁵
    • Yale: daaih si / daaih síh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ si³ / daai⁶ si⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ xi³ / dai⁶ xi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² siː³³/, /taːi̯²² siː¹³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 大使 大肆

  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ai⁵ lhu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ai³² ɬu⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-sṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai sii^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ si³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ sɨ³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai^˖ sii^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai³³ sɨ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-sài
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-sài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixsaix
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ sai²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ sai²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /tai⁴¹⁻²² sai⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ sai¹¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dai⁶ sai³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tăi sài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai³⁵⁻¹¹ sai²¹³/

Noun

大使

1. ambassador (minister, messenger or corporate representative) (Classifier: 名 m; 位 m)

   中國駐美大使／中国驻美大使  ―  Zhōngguó zhù Měi dàshǐ  ―  the Chinese Ambassador to the United States

Derived terms

• 大使館 / 大使馆 (dàshǐguǎn)
• 形象大使 (xíngxiàng dàshǐ)

Related terms

• 大使館／大使馆 (dàshǐguǎn)
• 領事館／领事馆 (lǐngshìguǎn)
• 領事／领事 (lǐngshì)
• 總領事／总领事 (zǒnglǐngshì)
• 總領事館／总领事馆 (zǒnglǐngshìguǎn)

Etymology 2

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	to spend
simp. and trad. (大使)		大	使
alternative forms		大駛／大驶 大洗

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): daai⁶ sai²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ai⁵ soi²

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thai-sṳ́

  (Hailu, HRS): tai^˖ sii^ˊ

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ sai²
    • Yale: daaih sái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ sai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ sei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² sɐi̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ai⁵ soi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ai³² sᵘɔi⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-sṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai sii^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ si³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ sɨ³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai^˖ sii^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai³³ sɨ²⁴/

Adjective

大使

1. (Cantonese) lavish; extravagant; profuse; wasteful

Verb

大使

1. (Cantonese, Hakka) to spend money lavishly; to spend uncontrollably

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	使
たい Grade: 1	し Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たいし [táꜜìshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠iɕi]

Noun

大(たい)使(し) • (taishi) 

1. ambassador

Derived terms

• 大(たい)使(し)館(かん) (taishikan)

See also

• 領(りょう)事(じ) (ryōji)

References

• “大使”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
• Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
大	使

Noun

大使 • (daesa or McCune-Reischauer: taesa or Yale: tāysa) (hangeul 대사)

1. hanja form^? of 대사 (“ambassador”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
大	使

Noun

大使

1. chữ Hán form of đại sứ (“ambassador”)