大王

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	king; Wang (proper name)
simp. and trad. (大王)		大	王

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàwáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄨㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ wong⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-vòng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-ông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dai⁶ uang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàwáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàwáng
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-wang²
    • Yale: dà-wáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahwang
    • Palladius: даван (davan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ wɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ wong⁴
    • Yale: daaih wòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ wong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ wong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² wɔːŋ²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 大王 大黃 / 大黄

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-vòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai vong^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ vong²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ voŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-ông
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-ông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixoong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ ɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² ɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ ɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ ɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ ɔŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dai⁶ uang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tăi uâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai³⁵⁻¹¹ uaŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dajH|daH hjwang

Rime
Character	大	大	王
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	歌 (94)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I	III
Fanqie	徒蓋切	唐佐切	雨方切
Baxter	dajH	daH	hjwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/ɦʉɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/ɦʷiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/ɣiuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dajH/	/daH/	/ɦuaŋ/
Li Rong	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/ɣiuaŋ/
Wang Li	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/ɣĭwaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱɑiH/	/dʱɑH/	/iwaŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dài	duò	wáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daai6	do6	wong4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤat-s|lˤa[t]-s  ɢʷaŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*daːds  ɢʷaŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	大	大	王
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dà	dà	wáng
Middle Chinese	‹ daH ›	‹ dajH ›	‹ hjwang ›
Old Chinese	/*lˁat-s/ (MC F!)	/*lˁa[t]-s/	/*ɢʷaŋ/
English	big	big	king
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	大	大	王
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2
No.	1934	1939	12742
Phonetic component	大	大	王
Rime group	祭	祭	陽
Rime subdivision	1	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	䭾	大	王
Old Chinese	/*daːds/	/*daːds/	/*ɢʷaŋ/

Noun

大王

1. (figurative) king (of)

   鹹濕大王／咸湿大王 [Cantonese]  ―  haam⁴ sap¹ daai⁶ wong⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  king of perversion

2. (card games) the red joker, one of the two jokers that has a more reddish or colorful appearance

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàiwang, dàiwáng, dàwáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˋ ˙ㄨㄤ, ㄉㄞˋ ㄨㄤˊ, ㄉㄚˋ ㄨㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ wong⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-vòng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-ông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dai⁶ uang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàiwang
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˋ ˙ㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàiwång
    • Wade–Giles: tai⁴-wang⁵
    • Yale: dài-wang
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: day.uang
    • Palladius: дайван (dajvan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵¹ wɑŋ¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàiwáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˋ ㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàiwáng
    • Wade–Giles: tai⁴-wang²
    • Yale: dài-wáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daywang
    • Palladius: дайван (dajvan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵¹ wɑŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàwáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàwáng
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-wang²
    • Yale: dà-wáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahwang
    • Palladius: даван (davan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ wɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ wong⁴
    • Yale: daaih wòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ wong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ wong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² wɔːŋ²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 大王 大黃 / 大黄

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-vòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai vong^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ vong²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ voŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-ông
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-ông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixoong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ ɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² ɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ ɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ ɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ ɔŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dai⁶ uang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tăi uâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai³⁵⁻¹¹ uaŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dajH|daH hjwang

Rime
Character	大	大	王
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	歌 (94)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I	III
Fanqie	徒蓋切	唐佐切	雨方切
Baxter	dajH	daH	hjwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/ɦʉɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/ɦʷiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/ɣiuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dajH/	/daH/	/ɦuaŋ/
Li Rong	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/ɣiuaŋ/
Wang Li	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/ɣĭwaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱɑiH/	/dʱɑH/	/iwaŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dài	duò	wáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daai6	do6	wong4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤat-s|lˤa[t]-s  ɢʷaŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*daːds  ɢʷaŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	大	大	王
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dà	dà	wáng
Middle Chinese	‹ daH ›	‹ dajH ›	‹ hjwang ›
Old Chinese	/*lˁat-s/ (MC F!)	/*lˁa[t]-s/	/*ɢʷaŋ/
English	big	big	king
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	大	大	王
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2
No.	1934	1939	12742
Phonetic component	大	大	王
Rime group	祭	祭	陽
Rime subdivision	1	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	䭾	大	王
Old Chinese	/*daːds/	/*daːds/	/*ɢʷaŋ/

Noun

大王

1. (historical) monarch; king

   • 屠羊說曰：「大王失國，非臣之罪，故不敢伏其誅；大王反國，非臣之功，故不敢當其賞。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     屠羊说曰：「大王失国，非臣之罪，故不敢伏其诛；大王反国，非臣之功，故不敢当其赏。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Tú yáng Yuè yuē: “Dàiwang shī guó, fēi chén zhī zuì, gù bùgǎn fú qí zhū; dàiwang fǎn guó, fēi chén zhī gōng, gù bùgǎn dāng qí shǎng.” [Pinyin]

     Yue said, 'It was not through any crime of mine that the king lost his kingdom, and therefore I did not dare to submit to the death (which would have been mine if I had remained in the capital). And it was not through any service of mine that he recovered his kingdom, and therefore I do not dare to count myself worthy of any reward from him.'

2. (historical, or in novels and operas) ringleader; chief; king
3. (historical, Netherland East Indies) governor general

Derived terms

• 大王烏賊 / 大王乌贼 (dàwáng wūzéi)
• 大王秋海棠 (dàwáng qiūhǎitáng)
• 大王魷魚 / 大王鱿鱼 (dàwáng yóuyú)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (大王):

• → Japanese: 大王(だいおう) (daiō)
• → Korean: 대왕(大王) (daewang)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	王
だい Grade: 1	おう Grade: 1
goon

Etymology

大 (dai-, “great”) +‎ 王 (ō, “king”), from Chinese 大王

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) だいおー [dàíóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [da̠io̞ː]

Noun

大(だい)王(おう) • (daiō) ^{←だいわう (daiwau)?}

1. (monarchy) a "great king" (used in the titles of or as the term of address for some kings, and also as a translation of English "the Great")

   アレクサンドロス大(だい)王(おう)

   Arekusandorosu Daiō

   Alexander the Great

   • 2001 March 10 [1998 December 16], Motohiro Katou, “ミネルヴァの梟(ふくろう) [Owl of Minerva]”, in Ｑ.(キュー)Ｅ.(イー)Ｄ.(ディー) 証(しょう)明(めい)終(しゅう)了(りょう) [Q.E.D. Quod Erat Demonstrandum], 9th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 102:

     クラブのＫ(キング)はマケドニアのアレクサンダー大(だい)王(おう)

     Kurabu no kingu wa Makedonia no Arekusandā Daiō

     The king of clubs is Alexander the Great of Macedonia

2. (monarchy) a "great prince" (used in the titles of some ruling princes)

See also

• 大(たい)帝(てい) (taitei)

References

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