大宛

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	similar; winding
trad. (大宛)		大	宛
simp. #(大宛)		大	宛

Etymology

From 大 (dà, “great”) + the transcription of a foreign word, believed to be Pali yona, yonā or Sanskrit यवन (yavana), both of which are appellations for the Greek, derived from Ancient Greek Ἴωνες (Íōnes), plural of Ἴων (Íōn, “Ionian”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dàyuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄩㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ jyun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dàyuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄩㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dàyuan
    • Wade–Giles: Ta⁴-yüan¹
    • Yale: Dà-ywān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahiuan
    • Palladius: Даюань (Dajuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ɥɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ jyun¹
    • Yale: daaih yūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ jyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ yun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² jyːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dajH 'jwon

Rime
Character	大	宛
Reading #	1/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	徒蓋切	於袁切
Baxter	dajH	'jwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑiH/	/ʔʉɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑiH/	/ʔʷiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑiH/	/ʔiuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dajH/	/ʔuan/
Li Rong	/dɑiH/	/ʔiuɐn/
Wang Li	/dɑiH/	/ĭwɐn/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑiH/	/ʔi̯wɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dài	yuān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daai6	jyun1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*daːds  qon/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	大	宛
Reading #	2/2	1/2
No.	1939	16284
Phonetic component	大	夗
Rime group	祭	元
Rime subdivision	1	3
Corresponding MC rime	大	鴛
Old Chinese	/*daːds/	/*qon/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 大宛

1. (historical) Dayuan (an ancient country in Central Asia)

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 大宛

1. (literary) fine horse (from Dayuan)

(deprecated template usage)