大興

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	interest; flourish; it is the fashion to interest; flourish; it is the fashion to; to become popular
trad. (大興)		大	興
simp. (大兴)		大	兴

Etymology

"counterfeit"

Possibly after the Daxing Street near the old Shanghai South Railway Station, where many counterfeit goods were being sold.

Another theory is that the word originated from slang among criminal gangs.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ hing¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-heng
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶da-shin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàxīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàsing
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-hsing¹
    • Yale: dà-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshing
    • Palladius: дасин (dasin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ hing¹
    • Yale: daaih hīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ hing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ hing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² hɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-heng
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-hing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxhefng
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ hiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² hiɪŋ³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ hiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ hiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ hiɪŋ⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶da-shin
    • MiniDict: da^去 shin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³da-xin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /da²² ɕin⁴⁴/

Verb

大興

1. to undertake on a large scale

Derived terms

• 大興土木 / 大兴土木 (dàxīngtǔmù)

Adjective

大興

1. (Wu) fake; counterfeit

Derived terms

• 大興卡 / 大兴卡
• 開大興 / 开大兴

Proper noun

大興

1. (～城) (historical) Daxing (capital city of the Sui dynasty, in modern Xi'an, Shaanxi, China)
2. (～區, formerly ～縣) Daxing (a district and former county of Beijing, China)