大呂宋

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	Luzon; the Philippines
trad. (大呂宋)		大	呂宋
simp. (大吕宋)		大	吕宋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dàlǚsòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄩˇ ㄙㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ leoi⁵ sung³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tōa-lū-sòng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dàlǚsòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄩˇ ㄙㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dàlyǔsòng
    • Wade–Giles: Ta⁴-lü³-sung⁴
    • Yale: Dà-lyǔ-sùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahleusonq
    • Palladius: Далюйсун (Daljujsun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ly²¹⁴⁻²¹ sʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ leoi⁵ sung³
    • Yale: daaih léuih sung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ loey⁵ sung³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ lêu⁵ sung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² lɵy̯¹³ sʊŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, dated in Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tōa-lū-sòng
    • Tâi-lô: Tuā-lū-sòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxluxsoxng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ lu²²⁻²¹ sɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ lu³³⁻²¹ sɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ lu³³⁻¹¹ sɔŋ¹¹/

Proper noun

大呂宋

1. (obsolete) Spain
   • 1876 [1852], Wei Yuan, 海國圖志 [Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms], volume 83, 平慶涇固道署, page 5:

     粵省與外國交易番銀，俱是用大呂宋之達剌洋錢，故外夷各帶達剌番銀，以買中國之貨。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     粤省与外国交易番银，俱是用大吕宋之达剌洋钱，故外夷各带达剌番银，以买中国之货。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Yuè shěng yǔ wàiguó jiāoyì fānyín, jù shì yòng Dàlǚsòng zhī dálà yángqián, gù wàiyí gè dài dálà fānyín, yǐ mǎi Zhōngguó zhī huò. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1853 September 1, “西程述概”, in 遐邇貫珍 [Chinese Serial], volume I, number 2, page 4:

     越四日，乃抵英屬地摩利打海島，再過六日，抵大呂宋南極之尺伯拉得。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     越四日，乃抵英属地摩利打海岛，再过六日，抵大吕宋南极之尺伯拉得。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     jyut⁶ sei³ jat⁶, naai⁵ dai² jing¹ suk⁶ dei⁶ mo¹ lei⁶ daa² hoi² dou², zoi³ gwo³ luk⁶ jat⁶, dai² daai⁶ leoi⁵ sung³ naam⁴ gik⁶ zi¹ cek³ baak³ laai¹ dak¹. [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1856, Richard Quarterman Way, 地球說略, Ningbo: 華花聖經書房, page 87:

     又一島名加拿利，係大呂宋所轄。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     又一岛名加拿利，系大吕宋所辖。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Yòu yī dǎo míng jiānálì, xì dàlǚsòng suǒ xiá. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

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• 以西把你亞 / 以西把你亚 (historical)
• 以西把尼亞 / 以西把尼亚 (historical)
• 士班雅 (Shìbānyǎ) (historical)
• 日斯巴尼亞 / 日斯巴尼亚 (Rìsībāníyà) (historical)
• 是班牙 (Shìbānyá) (historical)
• 西 (xī) (abbreviation)

 

References

• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “sòng”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 459; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 459