天大

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
simp. and trad. (天大)		天	大

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiāndà

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄉㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ daai⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thiên-thai
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiⁿ-tōa

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiāndà
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄉㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiandà
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-ta⁴
    • Yale: tyān-dà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiandah
    • Palladius: тяньда (tjanʹda)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ daai⁶
    • Yale: tīn daaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ daai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ dai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ taːi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-thai
    • Hakka Romanization System: tien´ tai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ tai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰai̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiⁿ-tōa
    • Tâi-lô: thinn-tuā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tvi'doa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² tua²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰĩ³³ tua⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² tua²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ tua³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ tua³³/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 天大

1. (attributive) extremely big; massive; huge

   真是天大的巧合！ [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Zhēn shì tiāndà de qiǎohé! [Pinyin]

   What a coincidence!

   昨天發生了一件天大的事，震驚了全世界。 [MSC, trad.]
   昨天发生了一件天大的事，震惊了全世界。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zuótiān fāshēng le yī jiàn tiāndà de shì, zhènjīng le quánshìjiè. [Pinyin]

   Something huge happened yesterday that shocked the world.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tiāndà

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄉㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ daai⁶

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tiāndà
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄉㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tiandà
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻien¹-ta⁴
    • Yale: Tyān-dà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tiandah
    • Palladius: Тяньда (Tjanʹda)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ daai⁶
    • Yale: tīn daaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ daai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ dai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ taːi̯²²/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 天大

1. Short for 天津大學／天津大学 (Tiānjīn Dàxué, “Tianjin University”).