大宗

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	school; sect; purpose school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; family
trad. (大宗)		大	宗
simp. #(大宗)		大	宗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàzōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄗㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ zung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-chong / tōa-chong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàzōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄗㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàzong
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-tsung¹
    • Yale: dà-dzūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahtzong
    • Palladius: дацзун (daczun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ zung¹
    • Yale: daaih jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-chong
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-tsong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixzofng
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-chong
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-tsong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxzofng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

大宗

1. (literary) lineage of the main family; influential family of long standing
2. main items; staple products or goods
   • 1891, 薛福成, 出使英法義比四國日記, volume 3, page 53:

     出口貨歲值一百五六十萬員，肉桂、絲棉為大宗，鹽、糖、燕窩、竹木、果品之屬次之。進口貨歲值二百餘萬員，粟米為大宗，洋布、洋藥次之，中國紙、茶、陶器又次之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     出口货岁值一百五六十万员，肉桂、丝棉为大宗，盐、糖、燕窝、竹木、果品之属次之。进口货岁值二百余万员，粟米为大宗，洋布、洋药次之，中国纸、茶、陶器又次之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Chūkǒu huò suì zhí yībǎi wǔ liùshí wàn yuán, ròuguì, sīmián wéi dàzōng, yán, táng, yànwō, zhúmù, guǒpǐn zhī shǔ cì zhī. Jìnkǒu huò suì zhí èr bǎi yú wàn yuán, sùmǐ wéi dàzōng, yángbù, yángyào cì zhī, zhōngguó zhǐ, chá, táoqì yòu cì zhī. [Pinyin]

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Derived terms

• 大宗商品 (dàzōng shāngpǐn)
• 大本大宗

 

Adjective

大宗

1. (attributive) large; bulk; bulky; volume

Related terms

• 大量 (dàliàng)