大江

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	river
simp. and trad. (大江)		大	江

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàjiāng, Dàjiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄤ, ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ gong¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-kông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàjiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàjiang
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-chiang¹
    • Yale: dà-jyāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahjiang
    • Palladius: дацзян (daczjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dàjiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dàjiang
    • Wade–Giles: Ta⁴-chiang¹
    • Yale: Dà-jyāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahjiang
    • Palladius: Дацзян (Daczjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ gong¹
    • Yale: daaih gōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ gong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ gong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² kɔːŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 大江 大綱／大纲

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-kông
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai gong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ gong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ koŋ²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: dajH|daH kaewng

Rime
Character	大	大	江
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	歌 (94)	江 (9)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	II
Fanqie	徒蓋切	唐佐切	古雙切
Baxter	dajH	daH	kaewng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/kˠʌŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/kᵚɔŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/kɔŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dajH/	/daH/	/kaɨwŋ/
Li Rong	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/kɔŋ/
Wang Li	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/kɔŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑiH/	/dʱɑH/	/kɔŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dài	duò	jiāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daai6	do6	gong1

Noun

大江

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 大,‎ 江 (jiāng): big river; large river

Proper noun

大江

1. (poetic) Synonym of 長江／长江 (Cháng Jiāng), the Yangtze River

   • 望涔陽兮極浦，橫大江兮揚靈。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     望涔阳兮极浦，横大江兮扬灵。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

     Wàng Cényáng xī jípǔ, héng Dàjiāng xī yánglíng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 1082 October 15, 蘇軾 (Su Shi), 念奴嬌·赤壁懷古:

     大江東去，浪淘盡，千古風流人物。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     大江东去，浪淘尽，千古风流人物。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Dàjiāng dōng qù, làng táo jìn, qiāngǔ fēngliú rénwù. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• 大江南北 (dàjiāngnánběi)
• 大江東去／大江东去

 

Descendants

• English: Ta

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	江
おお Grade: 1	え Grade: S
kun’yomi

Proper noun

大(おお)江(え) • (Ōe) ^{←おほえ (ofoe)?}

1. a surname