大名

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place
trad. (大名)		大	名
simp. #(大名)		大	名

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ ming⁴ / daai⁶ meng^4-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-miàng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-miâ / tāi-bêng
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶da-min

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàmíng
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-ming²
    • Yale: dà-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahming
    • Palladius: дамин (damin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ miŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàmíngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàmíngr
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-ming²-ʼrh
    • Yale: dà-míngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahmiengl
    • Palladius: даминр (daminr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ miɤ̯̃ɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ ming⁴ / daai⁶ meng^4-2
    • Yale: daaih mìhng / daaih méng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ ming⁴ / daai⁶ meng^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ ming⁴ / dai⁶ méng^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² mɪŋ²¹/, /taːi̯²² mɛːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-miàng
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai miang^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ miang²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ mi̯aŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-miâ
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-miâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxmiaa
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² miã²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ miã¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ miã²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ miã²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ miã²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixbeeng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ biɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ biɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ biɪŋ²⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶da-min
    • MiniDict: da^去 min
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³da-min
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /da²² min⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: dajH mjieng

Rime
Character	大	名
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	徒蓋切	武并切
Baxter	dajH	mjieng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑiH/	/miᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑiH/	/miɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑiH/	/miæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dajH/	/miajŋ/
Li Rong	/dɑiH/	/miɛŋ/
Wang Li	/dɑiH/	/mĭɛŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑiH/	/mi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dài	míng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daai6	ming4

Noun

大名

1. formal name of a person (as opposed to a nickname)
2. (honorific) your esteemed given name
3. (literary) (your) great fame; reputation

   久仰大名，幸會幸會！ [MSC, trad.]
   久仰大名，幸会幸会！ [MSC, simp.]

   Jiǔyǎng dàmíng, xìnghuì xìnghuì! [Pinyin]

   I’ve been looking forward to meeting you for a long time – it's an honour!

4. (historical) daimyo (a lord during the Japanese feudal period)

Derived terms

• 久仰大名 (jiǔyǎngdàmíng)
• 久聞大名／久闻大名 (jiǔwéndàmíng)
• 大名鼎鼎 (dàmíngdǐngdǐng)
• 尊姓大名 (zūnxìngdàmíng)
• 鼎鼎大名 (dǐngdǐngdàmíng)

 

Proper noun

大名

1. (～縣) Daming (a county of Handan, Hebei, China)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
大	名
だい Grade: 1	みょう Grade: 1
on'yomi

/daimjau/ → /daimjɔː/ → /daimjoː/.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) だいみょー [dàímyóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [da̠imʲo̞ː]

• Audio:

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Noun

大(だい)名(みょう) • (daimyō) ^{←だいみやう (daimyau)?}

1. one who owns much land
2. a warrior who possessed more than 10,000 koku of land; a feudal lord, daimyō

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
大	名
たい Grade: 1	めい Grade: 1
on'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たいめー [tàíméé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠ime̞ː]

Noun

大(たい)名(めい) • (taimei) 

1. great honor; fame, reputation

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
大	名
おお Grade: 1	な Grade: 1
kun'yomi

/opona/ → /oɸona/ → /owona/ → /oona/ → /oːna/.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おおな [òóná] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [o̞ːna̠]

Noun

大(おお)名(な) • (ōna) ^{←おほな (ofona)?}

1. a general name for something
2. the name for a large division in a village or town