大牢

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	firm; fast
simp. and trad. (大牢)		大	牢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàláo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ lou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàláo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàláo
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-lao²
    • Yale: dà-láu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahlau
    • Palladius: далао (dalao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ lɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ lou⁴
    • Yale: daaih lòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ lou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ lou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² lou̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dajH|daH law

Rime
Character	大	大	牢
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	歌 (94)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	徒蓋切	唐佐切	魯刀切
Baxter	dajH	daH	law
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/lɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/lɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/lɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dajH/	/daH/	/law/
Li Rong	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/lɑu/
Wang Li	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/lɑu/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑiH/	/dʱɑH/	/lɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dài	duò	láo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daai6	do6	lou4

Noun

大牢

1. (old-fashioned or humorous) jail; prison; dungeon

   來人啊，將人犯押入大牢！ [MSC, trad.]
   来人啊，将人犯押入大牢！ [MSC, simp.]

   Láirén a, jiāng rénfàn yā rù dàláo! [Pinyin]

   Men, take the offender to be detained in jail!

Synonyms

• 囹圄 (língyǔ) (literary)
• 清室 (qīngshì) (archaic)
• 牢 (láo)
• 牢房 (láofáng)
• 牢獄／牢狱 (láoyù)
• 班房 (bānfáng) (colloquial)
• 監房／监房 (jiānfáng)
• 監牢／监牢 (jiānláo)
• 監獄／监狱 (jiānyù)
• 鐵屋／铁屋 (tiěwū) (literary, figurative)