大名

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place
trad. (大名)		大	名
simp. #(大名)		大	名

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ ming⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-miàng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-miâ / tāi-bêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàmíng
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-ming²
    • Yale: dà-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahming
    • Palladius: дамин (damin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ miŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàmíngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàmíngr
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-ming²-ʼrh
    • Yale: dà-míngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahmiengl
    • Palladius: даминр (daminr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ miɤ̯̃ɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ ming⁴
    • Yale: daaih mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² mɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-miàng
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai miangˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ miang²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ mi̯aŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-miâ
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-miâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxmiaa
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² miã²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ miã¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ miã²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ miã²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ miã²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixbeeng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ biɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ biɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ biɪŋ²⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 大名

1. formal name of a person (as opposed to a nickname)
2. (honorific) your esteemed given name
3. (literary) (your) great fame; reputation

   久仰大名，幸會幸會！ [MSC, trad.]
   久仰大名，幸会幸会！ [MSC, simp.]

   Jiǔyǎng dàmíng, xìnghuì xìnghuì! [Pinyin]

   I’ve been looking forward to meeting you for a long time – it's an honour!

4. (historical) daimyo (a lord during the Japanese feudal period)

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 大名

1. (～縣) Daming County (a county of Hebei, China)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
大	名
だい Grade: 1	みょう Grade: 1
on’yomi

/daimjau/ → /daimjɔː/ → /daimjoː/.

Noun

大(だい)名(みょう) • (daimyō) ^{←だいみやう (daimyau)?}

1. one who owns much land
2. a warrior who possessed more than 10,000 koku of land; a feudal lord, daimyō

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
大	名
たい Grade: 1	めい Grade: 1
on’yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

大(たい)名(めい) • (taimei) 

1. great honor; fame, reputation

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
大	名
おお Grade: 1	な Grade: 1
kun’yomi

/opona/ → /oɸona/ → /owona/ → /oona/ → /oːna/.

Noun

大(おお)名(な) • (ōna) ^{←おほな (ofona)?}

1. a general name for something
2. the name for a large division in a village or town