大志

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	the will
simp. and trad. (大志)		大	志

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàzhì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ zi³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-chì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàzhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàjhìh
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-chih⁴
    • Yale: dà-jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahjyh
    • Palladius: дачжи (dačži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 大志 大智 大致

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ zi³
    • Yale: daaih ji
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ dzi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ ji³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² t͡siː³³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 大志 大智 大致

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-chì
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-tsì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixcix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ t͡si²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² t͡si⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ t͡si²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ t͡si¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ t͡si²¹/

Noun

大志

1. (literary) great determination; great ambition; great aspirations

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
大	志
たい Grade: 1	し Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) た​いし [táꜜìshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠iɕi]

Noun

大(たい)志(し) • (taishi) ^{←たいし (taisi)?}

1. (literary) great determination; great ambition; great aspirations
   • William Smith Clark (ウィリアム・スミス・クラーク)

     少年(しょうねん)よ、大志(たいし)を抱(いだ)け。

     Shōnen yo, taishi o idake.

     Boys, be ambitious.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
大	志
たい Grade: 1	し Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ta̠iɕi]

Proper noun

大(たい)志(し) • (Taishi) 

1. a male given name