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).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): dàxué

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): дащүә (daxüə, III-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ hok⁶
• Gan (Wiktionary): tai⁵ hoh⁷
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-ho̍k
• Jin (Wiktionary): da³ xyeh⁵
• Northern Min (KCR): duōi ò̤
• Eastern Min (BUC): dâi-hŏk
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-o̍h / tāi-ha̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dai⁶ hag⁸

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶da-ghoq
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): dai⁵ xio⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàxué
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàsyué
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-hsüeh²
    • Yale: dà-sywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshyue
    • Palladius: дасюэ (dasjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: дащүә (daxüə, III-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ta⁴⁴ ɕyə²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ hok⁶
    • Yale: daaih hohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ hok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ hog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² hɔːk̚²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: tai⁵ hoh⁷
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰai¹¹ hɔʔ²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-ho̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai hog
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ hog⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ hok̚⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: da³ xyeh⁵
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ta⁴⁵ ɕyəʔ⁵⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: duōi ò̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tuɛ⁵⁵ ɔ⁴²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dâi-hŏk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(h-)ouʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Philippines, Penang, Singapore, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-o̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-o̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxoih
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ ɤʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /tua⁴¹⁻²² oʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Penang): /tua²¹ oʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ oʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ oʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /tua²²⁻²¹ oʔ⁴³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ oʔ¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-ha̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-ha̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixhak
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ hak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ hak̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dai⁶ hag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tăi ha̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai³⁵⁻¹¹ hak̚⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶da-ghoq
    • MiniDict: da^去 ghoh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³da-hhoq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /da²² ɦoʔ⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: dai⁵ xio⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai̯²¹⁻¹¹ ɕi̯o²⁴/

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dàxué

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ hok⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Thai-ho̍k
• Eastern Min (BUC): Dâi-hŏk
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Tāi-ha̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dai⁶ hag⁸

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶da-ghoq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dàxué
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dàsyué
    • Wade–Giles: Ta⁴-hsüeh²
    • Yale: Dà-sywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahshyue
    • Palladius: Дасюэ (Dasjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ hok⁶
    • Yale: daaih hohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ hok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ hog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² hɔːk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Thai-ho̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai hog
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ hog⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ hok̚⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Dâi-hŏk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(h-)ouʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tāi-ha̍k
    • Tâi-lô: Tāi-ha̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixhak
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ hak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² hak̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ hak̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ hak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ hak̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dai⁶ hag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tăi ha̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai³⁵⁻¹¹ hak̚⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶da-ghoq
    • MiniDict: da^去 ghoh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³da-hhoq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /da²² ɦoʔ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: daH haewk

Rime
Character	大	學
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	覺 (10)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	唐佐切	胡覺切
Baxter	daH	haewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑH/	/ɦˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑH/	/ɦᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑH/	/ɣɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/daH/	/ɦaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/dɑH/	/ɣɔk̚/
Wang Li	/dɑH/	/ɣɔk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑH/	/ɣɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	duò	xué
Expected Cantonese Reflex	do6	hok6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤat-s|lˤa[t]-s  m-kˤruk/

  (Zhengzhang): /*daːds  ɡruːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	大	大	學
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dà	dà	xué
Middle Chinese	‹ daH ›	‹ dajH ›	‹ hæwk ›
Old Chinese	/*lˁat-s/ (MC F!)	/*lˁa[t]-s/	/*m-kˁruk/
English	big	big	study; imitate
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	大	大	學
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	1934	1939	14079
Phonetic component	大	大	學
Rime group	祭	祭	覺
Rime subdivision	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	䭾	大	學
Old Chinese	/*daːds/	/*daːds/	/*ɡruːɡ/
Notes			甲文象習持爻於膝前， 金文方加子

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.

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	學
だい Grade: 1	がく Hyōgaiji
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. Template:han tu form of

Proper noun

大學

1. Template:han tu form of