大西洋

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	west sea
simp. and trad. (大西洋)		大	西洋

Etymology

Attested in Kunyu Wanguo Quantu by Matteo Ricci in 1602, literally “great west sea”, from 大 (“great”, meaning great distance) and 西洋 (“west sea”, meaning any seas in the west of Indochina), as opposed to 小西洋 (“lesser west sea”, i.e. Indian Ocean), 小東洋 (“lesser east sea”, i.e. West Pacific around Japan) and 大東洋 (“great east sea”, i.e. East Pacific around Mexico) (Zhang, 2012).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dàxīyáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧ ㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ sai¹ joeng⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Thai-sî-yòng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tāi-se-iûⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dàxīyáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧ ㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dàsiyáng
    • Wade–Giles: Ta⁴-hsi¹-yang²
    • Yale: Dà-syī-yáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahshiyang
    • Palladius: Дасиян (Dasijan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ sai¹ joeng⁴
    • Yale: daaih sāi yèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ sai¹ joeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ sei¹ yêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² sɐi̯⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Thai-sî-yòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai xi´ iongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ xi¹ yong²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ si²⁴ i̯oŋ¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Thai-sî-yòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai xi´ (r)iongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ xi¹ yong²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ si²⁴ (j)i̯oŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tāi-se-iûⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Tāi-se-iûnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixse'viuu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ se⁴⁴⁻³³ iũ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ se⁴⁴⁻³³ iũ²⁴/

Proper noun

1. the Atlantic Ocean

See also

• (oceans) 大洋 (dàyáng); 北冰洋 (Běibīngyáng)/北極海／北极海 (Běijíhǎi), 南冰洋 (Nánbīngyáng), 印度洋 (Yìndùyáng), 大西洋 (Dàxīyáng), 太平洋 (Tàipíngyáng), ^{(Category: zh:Oceans)}

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	西	洋
たい Grade: 1	せい Grade: 2	よう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Proper noun

大(たい)西(せい)洋(よう) or 大西洋(proper) • (taiseiyō or proper) ^{←たいせいやう (taiseyau)?}[[Category:Japanese
|たいせいよう]]

1. the Atlantic Ocean

See also

• (oceans) 大(たい)洋(よう) (taiyō); インド洋(よう) (Indo-yō, “Indian Ocean”), 大(たい)西(せい)洋(よう) (Taiseiyō, “Atlantic Ocean”), 太(たい)平(へい)洋(よう) (Taiheiyō, “Pacific Ocean”), 南(なん)極(きょく)海(かい) (Nankyokukai)/南(なん)大(たい)洋(よう) (Nantaiyō)/南(なん)氷(ぴょう)洋(よう) (Nanpyōyō, “Antarctic Ocean”), 北(ほっ)極(きょく)海(かい) (Hokkyokukai)/北(ほっ)氷(ぴょう)洋(よう) (Hoppyōyō)/北(ほっ)極(きょく)洋(よう) (Hokkyokuyō, “Arctic Ocean”) ^{(Category: ja:Oceans)}

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
大	西	洋

Proper noun

大西洋 • (Daeseoyang or McCune-Reischauer: Taesŏyang or Yale: Tāyseyang) (hangeul 대서양)

1. Hanja form^? of 대서양 (“Atlantic Ocean”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
大	西	洋

Proper noun

大西洋

1. chữ Hán form of Đại Tây Dương (“Atlantic Ocean”).