大手

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (大手)		大	手

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄡˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-shou³
    • Yale: dà-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshoou
    • Palladius: дашоу (dašou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàshǒur
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄡˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàshǒur
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-shou³-ʼrh
    • Yale: dà-shǒur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshooul
    • Palladius: дашоур (dašour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ʂɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

大手

1. (colloquial) number two; defecation

Derived terms

• 解大手 (jiě dàshǒu)

See also

• 小手 (xiǎoshǒu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	手
おお Grade: 1	て Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Noun

大(おお)手(て) • (ōte) 

1. major company

   アメリカの大手(おおて)自動車(じどうしゃ)メーカー「フォード」

   amerika no ōte jidōsha mēkā “fōdo”

   Ford, a major American automaker

2. front gates of a castle
3. both arms outstretched

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.