大宛

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	similar; winding
simp. and trad. (大宛)		大	宛

Etymology

From 大 (dà, “great”) + the transcription of a foreign word, believed to be Pali yona, yonā or Sanskrit यवन (yavana), both of which are appellations for the Greek, derived from Ancient Greek Ἴωνες (Íōnes), plural of Ἴων (Íōn, “Ionian”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Dàyuān

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄩㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ jyun¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Dàyuān
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄩㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahiuan
  - IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ y̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ jyun¹
  - Yale: daaih yūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ jyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ yun¹
  - IPA ^(key): /täːi̯²² jyːn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /dɑi^H ʔʉɐn/▼

Rime
Character	大	宛
Reading #	1/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	徒蓋切	於袁切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑi^H/	/ʔʉɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑi^H/	/ʔʷiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑi^H/	/ʔiuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/daj^H/	/ʔuan/
Li Rong	/dɑi^H/	/ʔiuɐn/
Wang Li	/dɑi^H/	/ĭwɐn/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑi^H/	/ʔi̯wɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dài	yuān

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*daːds qon/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	大	宛
Reading #	2/2	1/2
No.	1939	16284
Phonetic component	大	夗
Rime group	祭	元
Rime subdivision	1	3
Corresponding MC rime	大	鴛
Old Chinese	/*daːds/	/*qon/

Proper noun

大宛

(historical) Dayuan (an ancient country in Central Asia)

Noun

大宛

(literary) fine horse (from Dayuan)

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