大王

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	king; Wang (proper name)
simp. and trad. (大王)		大	王

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàwáng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄨㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ wong⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-vòng
Min Nan (POJ): tāi-ông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dàwáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄨㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahwang
  - IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ u̯ɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ wong⁴
  - Yale: daaih wòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ wong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ wong⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /täːi̯²² wɔːŋ²¹/
  - Homophones:
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    大王
    大黃／大黄
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-vòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: tai vongˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ vong²
  - IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ voŋ¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-ông
  - Tâi-lô: tāi-ông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daixoong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ ɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /taɪ⁴¹⁻²² ɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ ɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /taɪ³³⁻¹¹ ɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /taɪ³³⁻²¹ ɔŋ²³/

Noun

大王

(figuratively) king (of)
鹹濕大王 / 咸湿大王 [Cantonese] ― haam⁴ sap¹ daai⁶ wong⁴ [Jyutping] ― king of perversion
(card games) big joker

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàiwang, dàiwáng, dàwáng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˋ ˙ㄨㄤ, ㄉㄞˋ ㄨㄤˊ, ㄉㄚˋ ㄨㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ wong⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-vòng
Min Nan (POJ): tāi-ông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dàiwang
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˋ ˙ㄨㄤ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: day.uang
  - IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵¹ u̯ɑŋ¹/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dàiwáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˋ ㄨㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daywang
  - IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵¹ u̯ɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dàwáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄨㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahwang
  - IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ u̯ɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ wong⁴
  - Yale: daaih wòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ wong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ wong⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /täːi̯²² wɔːŋ²¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    大王
    大黃／大黄
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-vòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: tai vongˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ vong²
  - IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ voŋ¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-ông
  - Tâi-lô: tāi-ông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daixoong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ ɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /taɪ⁴¹⁻²² ɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ ɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /taɪ³³⁻¹¹ ɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /taɪ³³⁻²¹ ɔŋ²³/

Noun

大王

(historical) monarch
(historical, novel) ringleader

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	王
だい Grade: 1	おう Grade: 1
goon

Etymology

大 (dai-, “great”) +‎ 王 (ō, “king”), from Chinese 大王

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) だいおー [dàíóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])
- IPA^(key): [da̠io̞ː]

Noun

大王 (hiragana だいおう, rōmaji daiō, historical hiragana だいわう)

(monarchy) a "great king" (used in the titles of or as the term of address for some kings, and also as a translation of English "the Great")
アレクサンドロス大 (だい)王 (おう)
Arekusandorosu Daiō
Alexander the Great
- 2001 March 10 [Dec 16 1998], Katou, Motohiro, “ミネルヴァの梟ふくろう [Owl of Minerva]”, in Ｑ.Ｅ.Ｄ. 証しょう明めい終しゅう了りょう [Q.E.D. Quod Erat Demonstrandum], volume 1 (fiction), 9th edition, Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 102:
  
  クラブのＫ (キング)はマケドニアのアレクサンダー大 (だい)王 (おう)
  Kurabu no kingu wa Makedonia no Arekusandā Daiō
  The king of clubs is Alexander the Great of Macedonia
(monarchy) a "great prince" (used in the titles of some ruling princes)

See also

大 (たい)帝 (てい) (taitei)

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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