大字

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
simp. and trad. (大字)		大	字

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàzì

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄗˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ zi⁶
Min Nan (POJ): tōa-lī / tōa-jī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dàzì
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄗˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahtzyh
  - IPA ^(key): /ta̠⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ zi⁶
  - Yale: daaih jih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ dzi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ ji⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² t͡siː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-lī
  - Tâi-lô: tuā-lī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doaxli
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ li²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /tua⁴¹⁻²² li⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-jī
  - Tâi-lô: tuā-jī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doaxji
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ d͡ʑi²²/

Noun

大字

big Chinese character; large character
(colloquial) Chinese characters in general; writing
大字不識幾個 / 大字不识几个 ― dàzì bùshí jǐge ― able to recognize only a handful of Chinese characters; illiterate
(Min Nan) passport

Synonyms

(passport): 護照／护照 (hùzhào)

Derived terms

大字報／大字报 (dàzìbào)

大字本 (dàzìběn)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
大	字
おお Grade: 1	あざ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Noun

大字 (hiragana おおあざ, rōmaji ōaza)

a larger section of a village, usually used in addresses of rural locations

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
大	字
だい Grade: 1	じ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

大字 (hiragana だいじ, rōmaji daiji)

a large character

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