大東
Chinese
big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
east | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (大東) | 大 | 東 | |
| simp. (大东) | 大 | 东 | |
| anagram | 東大／东大 | ||
Etymology
- "Daitō"
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大東 (Daitō).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Dàdōng
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄨㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Dàdong
- Wade–Giles: Ta4-tung1
- Yale: Dà-dūng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahdong
- Palladius: Дадун (Dadun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tä⁵¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Proper noun
大東
- (～村) Dadong (a village in Zhashan, Caidian district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)
- (～市) Daitō (a city in Ōsaka prefecture, Japan)
- (Korean Classical Chinese, honorific) Korea; Great Korea
- 惟我大東，自箕子設敎之後，世遠經殘，君子而不得聞大道之要，小人而不得蒙至治之澤者久矣。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]
- From: 《朝鮮王朝實錄》 (Journal of the Royal Secretariat), 1436
- But in our Great East, since Gija established the teachings, the generations have been far away and the classics have been damaged. It has been a long time since the gentlemen have been able to hear the essence of the great way, and the villains have been unable to benefit from the great governance.