大塊

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	piece; chunk; lump piece; chunk; lump; (a measure word, for cloth, cake, soap); (measure word for chunks, lumps); yuan (unit of currency); fast (of a watch); swift; rapid; happy; joyful; soon; quick
trad. (大塊)		大	塊
simp. (大块)		大	块

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàkuài

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄎㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ faai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàkuài
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄎㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàkuài
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-kʻuai⁴
    • Yale: dà-kwài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahkuay
    • Palladius: дакуай (dakuaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ faai³
    • Yale: daaih faai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ faai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ fai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² faːi̯³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 大塊

1. (literary) natural world; universe

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàkuài

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄎㄨㄞˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-tè / tōa-tèr

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàkuài
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄎㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàkuài
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-kʻuai⁴
    • Yale: dà-kwài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahkuay
    • Palladius: дакуай (dakuaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-tè
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-tè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxdex
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ te²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ te¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ te²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-tèr
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-tèr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² tə⁴¹/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 大塊

1. large; huge
2. (Mainland China Hokkien) of a tall and big build (of a person)

Synonyms

• (large): (Min Nan) 大角

Verb

大塊

1. (Mainland China Hokkien) to be conceited; to be arrogant; to be self-important