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大塊

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Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	piece; chunk; lump piece; chunk; lump; (a measure word, for cloth, cake, soap); (measure word for chunks, lumps); yuan (unit of currency); fast (of a watch); swift; rapid; happy; joyful; soon; quick
trad. (大塊)		大	塊
simp. (大块)		大	块

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàkuài

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄎㄨㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ faai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàkuài
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄎㄨㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàkuài
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-kʻuai⁴
  - Yale: dà-kwài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahkuay
  - Palladius: дакуай (dakuaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ faai³
  - Yale: daaih faai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ faai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ fai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² faːi̯³³/

Middle Chinese: dajH|daH khwojH

Rime
Character	大	大	塊
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	歌 (94)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	徒蓋切	唐佐切	苦對切
Baxter	dajH	daH	khwojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/kʰuʌi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/kʰuoi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/kʰuɒi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/daj^H/	/da^H/	/kʰwəj^H/
Li Rong	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/kʰuᴀi^H/
Wang Li	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/kʰuɒi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱɑi^H/	/dʱɑ^H/	/kʰuɑ̆i^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dài	duò	kuì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daai⁶	do⁶	fui³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤat-s|lˤa[t]-s [kʰ]ˤ<r>uj-s|[kʰ]ˤuj-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*daːds kʰuːls|kʰruːds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	大	大	塊	塊
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dà	dà	kuài	kuài
Middle Chinese	‹ da^H ›	‹ daj^H ›	‹ khwɛj^H ›	‹ khwoj^H ›
Old Chinese	/*lˁat-s/ (MC F!)	/*lˁa[t]-s/	/*[kʰ]ˁ<r>uj-s/	/*[kʰ]ˁuj-s/
English	big	big	clod, lump	clod; lump
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	塊	塊
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2	2/2
No.	1934	1939	4666	4676
Phonetic component	大	大	鬼	鬼
Rime group	祭	祭	微	隊
Rime subdivision	1	1	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	䭾	大	塊	蒯
Old Chinese	/*daːds/	/*daːds/	/*kʰuːls/	/*kʰruːds/
Notes			說文凷或體	或作墤，廣韻只作墤

Noun

大塊

(literary, chiefly Daoism) natural world; universe
- 夫大塊噫氣，其名為風。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  夫大块噫气，其名为风。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Fú dàkuài yī qì, qí míng wéi fēng. [Pinyin]
  When the breath of nature comes strongly, it is called wind.
- 夫大塊載我以形，勞我以生，佚我以老，息我以死。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  夫大块载我以形，劳我以生，佚我以老，息我以死。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Fú dàkuài zài wǒ yǐ xíng, láo wǒ yǐ shēng, yì wǒ yǐ lǎo, xī wǒ yǐ sǐ. [Pinyin]
  There is the great Mass (of nature) — I find the support of my body on it; my life is spent in toil on it; my old age seeks ease on it; at death I find rest in it
- 大塊假我以文章。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  大块假我以文章。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 8th century, Li Bai, 《春夜宴桃李園序》
  Dàkuài jiǎ wǒ yǐ wénzhāng. [Pinyin]
  Nature lends us her beautiful creations.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàkuài

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄎㄨㄞˋ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-tè / tōa-tèr

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàkuài
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄎㄨㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàkuài
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-kʻuai⁴
  - Yale: dà-kwài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahkuay
  - Palladius: дакуай (dakuaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-tè
  - Tâi-lô: tuā-tè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doaxdex
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ te²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ te¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ te²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-tèr
  - Tâi-lô: tuā-tèr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² tə⁴¹/

Adjective

大塊

large; huge
(Mainland China Hokkien) of a tall and big build (of a person)

Synonyms

(large): (Hokkien) 大角

Derived terms

Verb

大塊

(Mainland China Hokkien) to be conceited; to be arrogant; to be self-important

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