大圓

See also: 大員 and 臺員

Chinese

Etymology 1

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	circle; round; circular circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (Yuan); tactful; to justify
trad. (大圓)		大	圓
simp. (大圆)		大	圆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄩㄢˊ

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): dua⁷ in⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàyuán
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-yüan²
    • Yale: dà-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahyuan
    • Palladius: даюань (dajuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dua⁷ in⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuā îⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tua¹¹ ĩ⁵⁵/

Noun

大圓

1. (geometry) great circle
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 大,‎ 圓 / 圆 (yuán). ("big circle")
3. (Teochew) roundabout; traffic circle

Synonyms

• (roundabout):

Dialectal synonyms of 環島 (“roundabout; traffic circle”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	圓環
	Malaysia	交通圈
	Singapore	交通圈
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	轉盤
	Liuzhou	環島, 轉盤
Cantonese	Hong Kong	迴旋處
	Macau	迴旋處, 圓形地
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	圓環
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	圓環
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	圓環
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	圓環
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	圓環
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	圓環
Southern Min	Taipei	圓環 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	圓箍環
	Jieyang	大圓
	Puning	大圓
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 大圓 – see 大員 (“Tayoan”). (This term is a variant form of 大員).