大種

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	to plant; to cultivate; kind to plant; to cultivate; kind; type; race; breed; seed; species (taxonomy)
trad. (大種)		大	種
simp. (大种)		大	种

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit महाभूत (mahābhūta), from महा (mahā) +‎ भूत (bhūta).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dàzhǒng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄨㄥˇ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-chéng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dàzhǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dàjhǒng
    • Wade–Giles: Ta⁴-chung³
    • Yale: Dà-jǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahjoong
    • Palladius: Дачжун (Dačžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-chéng
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-tsíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxzeang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² t͡siɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ t͡siɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ⁴¹/

Proper noun

大種

1. (Buddhism) the Great Elements, viz. earth 地 (dì), water 水 (shuǐ), fire 火 (huǒ), and air 風／风 (fēng)