大塊

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)⁺
  - Pinyin: dàkuài
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄎㄨㄞˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahkuay
  - IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ faai³
  - Yale: daaih faai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ faai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ fai³
  - IPA ^(key): /täːi̯²² fäːi̯³³/

Noun

大塊

(literary) natural world; universe

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàkuài

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄎㄨㄞˋ
Min Nan (POJ): tōa-tè / tōa-tèr

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dàkuài
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄎㄨㄞˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahkuay
  - IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
Min Nan
- (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): (Min Nan) 大角

Derived terms

大塊文章／大块文章
大塊朵頤／大块朵颐

大塊頭／大块头

Verb

大塊

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

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