大丈夫

Chinese
 
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 husband; man of vigor; brave man
simp. and trad.
(大丈夫)		 大 丈夫

Etymology 1

Attestable in pre-Qin texts.

Pronunciation

Noun

大丈夫

  1. real man; man of character
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (大丈夫):
See also

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大 (だい)丈 (じょう)夫 (ぶ) (daijōbu), from Chinese 大丈夫.

Pronunciation

Adjective

大丈夫

  1. (Internet slang) all right; okay
    這樣大丈夫？ / 这样大丈夫？  ―  Zhèyàng dàzhàngfū?  ―  Is this okay?

Japanese
Kanji in this term
大 丈 夫
だい
Grade: 1		 じょう
Grade: S		 ふ
Grade: 4
goon
Kanji in this term
大 丈 夫
だい
Grade: 1		 じょう
Grade: S		 ぶ
Grade: 4
goon

Etymology

From Chinese 大丈夫, equivalent to 大 (dai-) +‎ 丈夫 (jōbu).

Pronunciation

Noun

大丈夫 (hiragana だいじょうぶ, rōmaji daijōbu, historical hiragana だいぢやうぶ)
(alternative reading hiragana だいじょうふ, romaji daijōfu, historical hiragana だいぢやうふ)

  1. a man of class; a great man

Adjective

大丈夫 (-na inflection, hiragana だいじょうぶ, rōmaji daijōbu, historical hiragana だいぢやうぶ)

  1. (of a person) all right; okay; in good health; uninjured
    大 (だい)丈 (じょう)夫 (ぶ)ですか。
    Daijōbu desu ka.
    Are you all right?
    Synonym: 無事 (buji)
    • 1996 February 20 [Feb 15 1988], Adachi, Mitsuru, “なにがなんだか 後編 [What’s What: Last Chapter]”, in SHORT PROGRAMショート・プログラム [SHORT PROGRAM], volume 1 (fiction), 25th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 283:
      大 (だい)丈 (じょう)夫 (ぶ)受 (う)かります！
      Daijōbu ukarimasu!
      That’ll be all right. You’ll definitely pass!
      ほんとに⁉
      Honto ni⁉
      Really⁉
  2. (of an object) all right, unbroken, still working
  3. certain, correct, certifiable

Descendants

References
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  • 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology
Hanja in this term
大丈夫

Noun

大丈夫 • (daejangbu) (hangeul 대장부)

  1. Hanja form? of 대장부 (“real man”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term
大丈夫

Noun

大丈夫

  1. Hán tự form of đại trượng phu (“great man”).

Yonaguni

Etymology

From Japanese 大丈夫 (だいじょうぶ, daijōbu), from Chinese 大丈夫.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /daidubu/

Adjective

大丈夫 (hiragana だいどぅぶ, romaji daidubu)

  1. all right
  2. okay
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