大學

See also: 大学

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	learn; study; science learn; study; science; ‑ology
trad. (大學)		大	學
simp. (大学)		大	学

Etymology 1

Reborrowed from Japanese 大學(だいがく) (daigaku), shinjitai: 大学(だいがく) (daigaku).

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 大學

1. university; college (Classifier: 所 m; 間／间 c)

   大學排名／大学排名  ―  dàxué páimíng  ―  university ranking

   第一志願大學／第一志愿大学  ―  dìyī zhìyuàn dàxué  ―  first-preference university

   大學招生辦公室／大学招生办公室  ―  dàxué zhāoshēng bàngōngshì  ―  university admissions office

   英國倫敦大學地質學博士 [MSC, trad.]
   英国伦敦大学地质学博士 [MSC, simp.]

   Yīngguó Lúndūn Dàxué dìzhìxué bóshì [Pinyin]

   Ph.D. Geology, University of London

   北京大學人文學部 [MSC, trad.]
   北京大学人文学部 [MSC, simp.]

   Běijīng Dàxué Rénwén Xuébù [Pinyin]

   Division of Humanities, Peking University

   這所大學有多少年了？ [MSC, trad.]
   这所大学有多少年了？ [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè suǒ dàxué yǒu duōshao nián le? [Pinyin]

   How old is this university?

   她去年嫁給了大學同學。 [MSC, trad.]
   她去年嫁给了大学同学。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā qùnián jià gěi le dàxué tóngxué. [Pinyin]

   She married her university classmate last year.

Descendants

• → Bouyei: daqxiof
• → Zhuang: daihhag, dayoz

Etymology 2

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 大學

1. the Great Learning (one of the Four Books (四書／四书 (Sìshū)) of Confucianism)

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 大學 – see 太學 (“taixue”). (This term is a variant form of 太學).

Further reading

• “Entry #536”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	學
だい Grade: 1	がく Hyōgai
on'yomi

Noun

1. Kyūjitai form of 大学: university, college

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Korean

Hanja in this term
大	學

Noun

大學 • (daehak) (hangeul 대학)

1. hanja form^? of 대학 (“university, college”)
2. hanja form^? of 대학 (“Great Learning(one of the Four Books of Confucianism)”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
大	學

Noun

大學

1. chữ Hán form of đại học (“university, college”).

Proper noun

大學

1. chữ Hán form of Đại Học (“Great Learning (one of the Four Books of Confucianism)”).