大抵

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	hold up; on the whole; push against hold up; on the whole; push against; to support; to resist; to reach; to arrive; mortgage
trad. (大抵)		大	抵
simp. #(大抵)		大	抵
alternative forms		大氐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàdǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ dai²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-tí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàdǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàdǐ
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-ti³
    • Yale: dà-dǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahdii
    • Palladius: дади (dadi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ dai²
    • Yale: daaih dái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ dai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ dei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² tɐi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-tí
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-tí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixdie
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ ti⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² ti⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ ti⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ ti⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ ti⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dajH|daH tejX

Rime
Character	大	大	抵
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	歌 (94)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	IV
Fanqie	徒蓋切	唐佐切	都禮切
Baxter	dajH	daH	tejX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/teiX/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/teiX/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/tɛiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dajH/	/daH/	/tɛjX/
Li Rong	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/teiX/
Wang Li	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/tieiX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱɑiH/	/dʱɑH/	/tieiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dài	duò	dǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daai6	do6	dai2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤat-s|lˤa[t]-s  tˤijʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*daːds  tiːlʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	大	大	抵
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dà	dà	dǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ daH ›	‹ dajH ›	‹ tejX ›
Old Chinese	/*lˁat-s/ (MC F!)	/*lˁa[t]-s/	/*tˁijʔ/
English	big	big	push away
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	大	大	抵
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	1934	1939	2247
Phonetic component	大	大	氐
Rime group	祭	祭	脂
Rime subdivision	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	䭾	大	邸
Old Chinese	/*daːds/	/*daːds/	/*tiːlʔ/

Adverb

大抵

1. for the most part; on the whole

   • 《詩》三百篇，大抵賢聖發憤之所爲作也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     《诗》三百篇，大抵贤圣发愤之所为作也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Sima Qian, Letter to Ren An. 1st century BCE. Based on the translation by Burton Watson.

     “Shī” sānbǎi piān, dàdǐ xiánshèng fāfèn zhī suǒ wéizuò yě. [Pinyin]

     The three hundred poems of the Book of Odes, for the most part, were written when the sages poured out their anger and dissatisfaction.

2. basically; generally
3. more or less; roughly; approximately

Synonyms

• (for the most part):

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• 大多 (dàduō)
• 大都

• (basically):

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• 全盤看來 / 全盘看来 (quánpán kànlái)
• 基本 (jīběn)
• 基本上 (jīběnshàng)
• 大致上 (dàzhìshang)
• 大都
• 大體 / 大体 (dàtǐ)
• 大體上 / 大体上 (dàtǐshang)
• 大體而言 / 大体而言 (dàtǐ ér yán)
• 總的來說 / 总的来说 (zǒngdeláishuō)
• 總算 / 总算 (zǒngsuàn)

• (more or less):

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• 上下 (shàngxià)
• 光景 (guāngjǐng)
• 前後 / 前后 (qiánhòu) (of a point in or period of time)
• 參差 / 参差 (cēncī) (literary)
• 大其概 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 大概 (dàgài)
• 大率 (dàshuài) (literary)
• 大理概 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 大約 / 大约 (dàyuē)
• 大約摸 / 大约摸 (dàyuēmō) (colloquial)
• 大約摸捉 / 大约摸捉 (Shanghainese)
• 大約莫 / 大约莫 (colloquial)
• 大致 (dàzhì)
• 左右 (zuǒyòu)
• 模樣 / 模样
• 無慮 / 无虑 (wúlǜ) (literary)
• 約摸 / 约摸 (yuēmo)
• 約略 / 约略 (yuēlüè)
• 約莫 / 约莫 (yuēmo)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (大抵):

• → Japanese: 大抵(たいてい) (taitei)
• → Korean: 대저(大抵) (daejeo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	抵
たい Grade: 1	てい Grade: S
on'yomi

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

【たいてい】 [adverb] generally, mostly, for the most part; usually, normally, as a rule, more often than not, most of the time, much (a great deal) of the time; more or less; nearly all, almost all; almost, nearly; probably Alternative spelling 大底

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

Usage notes

The term is mainly written in hiragana (たいてい) and the kanji spelling is rarely encountered.

References

• “大抵”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
大	抵

Adverb

大抵 • (daejeo) (hangeul 대저)

1. hanja form^? of 대저 (“generally”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
大	抵

Adverb

大抵

1. chữ Hán form of đại để (“for the most part; generally”)