大筒

Chinese

 
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
tube; cylinder
simp. and trad.
(大筒)

Pronunciation


Noun

大筒

  1. a vertical bowed string instrument with two strings in the huqin family, used primarily in the traditional music of Hunan

Synonyms

See also


Japanese

Kanji in this term
おお
Grade: 1
つつ > づつ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of (ō-, large) + (tsutsu, tube).

The tsutsu changes to zutsu as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

大筒 (hiragana おおづつ, rōmaji ōzutsu, historical hiragana おほづつ)

  1. a large bamboo sake barrel
  2. (archaic) a cannon
    Synonym: 大砲 (taihō)
  3. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Antonyms

  •  () (づつ) (kozutsu)

Proper noun

大筒 (hiragana おおづつ, rōmaji Ōzutsu, historical hiragana おほづつ)

  1. a surname

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.