大水

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	water; river
simp. and trad. (大水)		大	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ seoi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-súi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-chúi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dua⁷ zui²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-shui³
    • Yale: dà-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshoei
    • Palladius: дашуй (dašuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ seoi²
    • Yale: daaih séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² sɵy̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-súi
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai sui`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ sui³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ su̯i³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxzuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dua⁷ zui²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuā tsúi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tua¹¹ t͡sui⁵²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 大水

1. flood

Synonyms

• 洪水 (hóngshuǐ)
• 洪災／洪灾 (hóngzāi)
• 水災／水灾 (shuǐzāi)

See also

• 乾旱／干旱 (gānhàn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (大水):

• → Japanese: 大水(たいすい) (taisui)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
大	水
おお Grade: 1	みず Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Compound of 大 (ō, “great”) +‎ 水 (mizu, “water”).

Noun

大(おお)水(みず) • (ōmizu) ^{←おほみづ (ofomidu)?}

1. flood

Synonyms

• (flood): 洪(こう)水(ずい) (kōzui)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
大	水
たい Grade: 1	すい Grade: 1
on'yomi

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese compound 大水 (daj^H sywij^X, literally “great + water”). Compare modern (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mandarin 大水 (dàshuǐ, “flood”).

Noun

大(たい)水(すい) • (taisui) 

1. great river or lake
2. flood

Synonyms

• (flood): 洪(こう)水(ずい) (kōzui)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
大	水

Noun

大水 • (daesu) (hangeul 대수)

1. Hanja form^? of 대수 (“flood”).

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Okinawan

Etymology

Kanji in this term
大	水
うー Grade: 1	みじ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Compound of 大 (ū-, “great”) +‎ 水 (miji, “water”). Cognate to Japanese 大水 (おおみず, ōmizu).

Noun

大(うー)水(みじ) (ūmiji) 

1. flood

References

• “うーみじ【大水】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
• “ウーミジ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).