大臣

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	statesman; vassal; courtier statesman; vassal; courtier; minister; official
simp. and trad. (大臣)		大	臣

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàchén

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄔㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ san⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-sṳ̀n
Min Nan (POJ): tāi-sîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dàchén
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄔㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahchern
  - IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ san⁴
  - Yale: daaih sàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ san⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ sen⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /täːi̯²² sɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-sṳ̀n
  - Hakka Romanization System: tai siinˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ sin²
  - IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ sɨn¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-sîn
  - Tâi-lô: tāi-sîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daixsiin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ ɕin²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /taɪ⁴¹⁻²² ɕin²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ ɕin¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /taɪ³³⁻¹¹ ɕin²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /taɪ³³⁻²¹ ɕin²³/

Noun

大臣

minister; high-level official (of a monarchy)

Derived terms

內政大臣／内政大臣 (nèizhèng dàchén)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	臣
だい Grade: 1	じん Grade: 4

Noun

大臣 (hiragana だいじん, rōmaji daijin)

government minister, secretary of Japan or ancient China

Synonyms

閣僚 (かくりょう) (kakuryō)
長 (ちょう)官 (かん) (chōkan) (other countries)

Compounds

総理大臣 (そうりだいじん) (sōridaijin): prime minister
財務大臣 (ざいむだいじん) (zaimudaijin): finance minister
大蔵大臣 (おおくらだいじん) (ōkuradaijin): finance minister (dated)

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