大將軍

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	general; sulfur
trad. (大將軍)		大	將軍
simp. (大将军)		大	将军

Etymology

An official position which came into being during the Warring States Period, and reached the zenith of its influence during the Han dynasty. At first, the person in this position was the supreme military commander (modern equivalent ~ Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff). During the later half of the Han dynasty, he also took over the day to day executive affairs of government (modern equivalent ~ Hideki Tojo). During the Three Kingdoms period, the position again became military related (modern equivalent ~ United States Secretary of Defense).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàjiāngjūn

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄤㄐㄩㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ zoeng¹ gwan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dàjiāngjūn → dàjiāngjun (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄤㄐㄩㄣ → ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄤ ˙ㄐㄩㄣ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahjiang.jiun
  - IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/ → /tä⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ d͡ʑ̥yn²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ zoeng¹ gwan¹
  - Yale: daaih jēung gwān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ dzoeng¹ gwan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ zêng¹ guen¹
  - IPA ^(key): /täːi̯²² t͡ʃœ̽ːŋ⁵⁵ kʷɐn⁵⁵/

Noun

大將軍

(archaic) supreme general; commander in chief

References

Hara, Yōhei (2003) 圖解三國時代, p. 251 (in Mandarin, translated from Japanese), →ISBN

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