大正

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year
simp. and trad. (大正)		大	正
anagram		正大

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàzhèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàzhèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàjhèng
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-chêng⁴
    • Yale: dà-jèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahjenq
    • Palladius: дачжэн (dačžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 大正

1. (literary) just; fair and honest

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 大正

1. (historical) name of an ancient official title

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 大正

1. Taishō era of Japanese history
2. (literary) Alternative name for 太白星 (Tàibáixīng, “Venus”).

(deprecated template usage)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàzhēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàzhēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàjheng
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-chêng¹
    • Yale: dà-jēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahjeng
    • Palladius: дачжэн (dačžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

大正

1. (archaic) to send a punitive expedition

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	正
たい Grade: 1	しょう Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative forms

• ㍽

Etymology

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Proper noun

大(たい)正(しょう) • (Taishō) 

1. the Taishō era; the Japanese era beginning in 1912 and ending in 1926.

See also

• 明治(めいじ) (Meiji) the Meiji era, the era preceding the Taishō era
• 昭和(しょうわ) (Shōwa) the Shōwa era, the era following the Taishō era

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
大	正

Proper noun

大正

1. chữ Hán form of Đại Chính (“Taishō era of Japanese history”).