大公

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
trad. (大公)		大	公
simp. ^#(大公)		大	公

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàgōng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ gung¹
Eastern Min (BUC): duâi-gŭng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dua⁵ gorng¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàgōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàgong
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-kung¹
  - Yale: dà-gūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahgong
  - Palladius: дагун (dagun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    大公
    大功
    大工
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ gung¹
  - Yale: daaih gūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ gung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ gung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² kʊŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    大公
    大功
    大工
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: duâi-gŭng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tuai²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)uŋ⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dua⁵ gorng¹
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: duā-go̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tua²¹ kɒŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dua⁵ gorng¹ [Phonetic: dua⁵ orng¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tua²¹ ^(k-)ɒŋ⁵³³/

Noun

大公

grand duke
(Eastern Min, Puxian Min) great-grandfather (particularly paternal grandfather's father)
(Shicheng Hakka) great-uncle (paternal grandfather's elder brother)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 曾祖父 (“great-grandfather (paternal grandfather's father)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		曾祖
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		曾祖父, 曾祖
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	老祖兒, 曾祖父 non-face-to-face
	Taiwan	曾祖父
	Harbin	太爺
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	太爺, 老太爺, 曾祖父 non-face-to-face
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	老爺爺
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	老太爺
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	老爺
	Xi'an	太爺
	Xining	太爺
	Xuzhou	老太爺
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	太爺爺
	Lanzhou	太爺
	Ürümqi	太爺
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	祖祖
	Wuhan	老爺爺, 老爹爹
	Guiyang	老祖祖, 老祖, 祖祖
	Kunming	老公公
	Liuzhou	太爹, 太公
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	太爺
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nantong	太公, 太太, 男太太
Cantonese	Guangzhou	太爺, 太公
	Hong Kong	太爺, 太公
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	太公
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	太公
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	太公
	Taishan	白公
	Kaiping (Chikan)	白公
	Dongguan	阿伯
	Yangjiang	太公
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	太公
Gan	Nanchang	太公
	Lichuan	曾公
	Pingxiang	老公公
Hakka	Meixian	公太
	Xingning	公白
	Huidong (Daling)	阿公太
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	太公
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	太公
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	太公
	Wuhua (Changbu)	太公
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	老太公
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	公白
	Wengyuan	太公
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	公太
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	公太
	Liannan	阿太
	Jiexi	公太
	Luhe	公太
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	太公
	Changting	太公
	Wuping	太公
	Wuping (Yanqian)	公太
	Wuping (Pingyu)	公太
	Liancheng	公太
	Ninghua	公太
	Yudu	太公
	Ningdu	太公
	Ruijin	男子太 non-face-to-face, 太太 face-to-face
	Shicheng	公太
	Shangyou (Shexi)	太公
	Tonggu (Sandu)	公太
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	太公
	Dayu	太公
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	公太, 阿太, 阿公太
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	公太, 阿太, 阿公太
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	公太, 阿太, 阿公太
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	阿太, 細倈太, 公太, 阿公太
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	公太, 阿太, 阿公太
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	太公, 公太, 阿太
	Hong Kong	公太, 阿太
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	太公
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	太公
	Xinyi (Sihe)	太公
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	太公
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	阿祖
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	祖公, 太公
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	公祖
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	公祖
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	公佬
	Mengshan (Xihe)	公太
	Luchuan	公太
	Sabah (Longchuan)	阿公太
	Senai (Huiyang)	公太
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	太公
	Singkawang	公太
Huizhou	Jixi	太朝
	Shexian	太朝
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	太公, 太朝, 太老朝兒, 老爺爺
Jin	Taiyuan	老爺
Jin	Xinzhou	老爺爺啊 face-to-face, 老爺爺 non-face-to-face
Northern Min	Jian'ou	太公
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	大翁
	Songxi	大公
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	大翁
	Jianyang	大翁
	Pucheng (Shibei)	大翁
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	大公
Southern Min	Xiamen	阿祖 face-to-face, 俺祖 face-to-face, 太公 non-face-to-face
	Quanzhou	太公
	Zhangzhou	公祖, 太公
	Taipei	阿祖, 查埔祖
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	阿祖
	Kaohsiung	查埔祖, 阿祖
	Yilan	阿祖, 查埔祖
	Changhua (Lukang)	阿祖, 阿祖公
	Taichung	阿祖
	Taichung (Wuqi)	查埔祖
	Tainan	阿祖, 查埔祖
	Taitung	查埔祖
	Hsinchu	阿祖, 查埔祖
	Kinmen	祖祖, 俺祖
	Penghu (Magong)	阿祖, 查埔祖
	Penang (Hokkien)	老公, 阿祖
	Manila (Hokkien)	太公
	Shantou	老公
	Shantou (Chenghai)	老公
	Jieyang	老公
	Haifeng	老, 老老, 老公
	Bangkok (Teochew)	老公
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	老公
	Batam (Teochew)	老公
	Leizhou	公祖
	Wenchang	公祖, 阿公
	Haikou	祖公, 公祖, 公祖爸
Puxian Min	Putian	大公
Puxian Min	Xianyou	大公
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	太公
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	太爹, 祖公
Wu	Shanghai	太公, 男太太, 曾祖, 曾祖父 non-face-to-face
	Shanghai (Chongming)	太公, 太太 face-to-face
	Suzhou	太公
	Danyang	太爺爺, 太公
	Hangzhou	太爺爺, 太公
	Ningbo	太公, 阿太
	Wenzhou	男老太, 男太, 阿太, 老太 non-face-to-face
	Jinhua	太公
Xiang	Changsha	曾祖父, 老爹爹
	Xiangtan	老毑
	Loudi	太唧
	Hengyang	太爺

Dialectal synonyms of 伯祖 (“great-uncle (paternal grandfather's elder brother)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		伯祖
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	伯爺
Cantonese	Guangzhou	伯公
Cantonese	Hong Kong	伯公
Hakka	Meixian	伯公
	Xingning	伯公
	Huidong (Daling)	伯公
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	伯公
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	伯公
	Changting	伯公
	Wuping	伯公
	Wuping (Pingyu)	伯公
	Liancheng	伯公
	Ninghua	伯公
	Ruijin	公公
	Shicheng	大公
	Shangyou (Shexi)	大爹
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	伯公
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	伯公
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	伯公
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	伯公
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	伯公
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	伯公
Northern Min	Jian'ou	伯公
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	伯公
Southern Min	Xiamen	伯公
	Quanzhou	伯公
	Zhangzhou	伯公
	Tainan	伯公
	Jieyang	老伯
	Leizhou	伯公

Derived terms

大公國 / 大公国 (dàgōngguó)

Adjective

大公

just and selfless
(Christianity) catholic; universal
- (Can we date this quote?), “使徒信經 [Apostles' Creed]”, in 禮賢會規定禮文:
  
  又信聖神，大公聖會，聖徒相通，罪得赦宥，身體復生，後享永生，誠心所願。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  又信圣神，大公圣会，圣徒相通，罪得赦宥，身体复生，后享永生，诚心所愿。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  jau⁶ seon³ sing³ san⁴, daai⁶ gung¹ sing³ wui⁶, sing³ tou⁴ soeng¹ tung¹, zeoi⁶ dak¹ se³ jau⁶, san¹ tai² fau⁶ sang¹, hau⁶ hoeng² wing⁵ sang¹, sing⁴ sam¹ so² jyun⁶. [Jyutping]
  I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

Derived terms

大公橋 / 大公桥 (Dàgōngqiáo)
大公無私 / 大公无私 (dàgōngwúsī)
大公至正

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “大公”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 170.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	公
たい Grade: 1	こう Grade: 2
kan'on

大公 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

From 大 (tai-, “grand”) +‎ 公 (kō, “duke”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たいこー [táꜜìkòò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
(Tokyo) たいこー [tàíkóó] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
(Kyoto) たいこー [tàíkóó] (Heiban – [0])^[3]
IPA^(key): [ta̠iko̞ː]

Noun

大(たい)公(こう) • (taikō)

a grand duke
a European ruling prince

References

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 “大公 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

Korean

Hanja in this term
大	公

Noun

大公 • (daegong) (hangeul 대공)

hanja form^? of 대공

[SMK7-1] Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NKD2-3] 3.0 ^3.1 “大公 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

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