大將軍

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	general; sulfur
trad. (大將軍)		大	將軍
simp. (大将军)		大	将军

Etymology

An official position which came into being during the Warring States Period, and reached the zenith of its influence during the Han dynasty. At first, the person in this position was the supreme military commander (modern equivalent ~ Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff). During the later half of the Han dynasty, he also took over the day to day executive affairs of government (modern equivalent ~ Hideki Tojo). During the Three Kingdoms period, the position again became military related (modern equivalent ~ United States Secretary of Defense).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàjiāngjūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄤ ㄐㄩㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ zoeng¹ gwan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàjiāngjūn → dàjiāngjun (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄤ ㄐㄩㄣ → ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄤ ˙ㄐㄩㄣ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàjiangjyůn
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-chiang¹-chün⁵
    • Yale: dà-jyāng-jyun
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahjiang.jiun
    • Palladius: дацзянцзюнь (daczjanczjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/ → /tä⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ d͡ʑ̥yn²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ zoeng¹ gwan¹
    • Yale: daaih jēung gwān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ dzoeng¹ gwan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ zêng¹ guen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵ kʷɐn⁵⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 大將軍

1. (archaic) supreme general; commander in chief

References

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