大宅

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	residence
trad. (大宅)		大	宅
simp. #(大宅)		大	宅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàzhái

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄞˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàzhái
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàjhái
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-chai²
    • Yale: dà-jái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahjair
    • Palladius: дачжай (dačžaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯³⁵/

Noun

大宅

1. mansion; great house (large, luxurious house or building, usually built for the wealthy)
2. (obsolete, figurative) face

   • 太子曰：「僕病，未能也。」然陽氣見於眉宇之間，侵淫而上，幾滿大宅。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     太子曰：「仆病，未能也。」然阳气见于眉宇之间，侵淫而上，几满大宅。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 175 B.C.E., 枚乘,《七發》(Seven Stimuli), transl. Victor H. Mair

     Tàizǐ yuē: “Pú bìng, wèinéng yě.” Rán yángqì xiàn yú méiyǔ zhījiān, qīnyín ér shàng, jī mǎn dàzhái. [Pinyin]

     “I am ill,” said the Crown Prince, “and am, as yet, unable to get up.” But this time a sunny sparkle appeared in the space between his brows and gradually spread till it almost covered his entire face.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	宅
おお Grade: 1	やけ Grade: 6
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 大宅 – see the following entry.

【おおやけ】 [noun] (obsolete) big building; wealthy family

(This term, 大宅, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)