大笨鐘

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	stupid; foolish; silly stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy	clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell
trad. (大笨鐘)		大	笨	鐘
simp. (大笨钟)		大	笨	钟
Literally: “big clumsy/foolish (ben) clock”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dàbènzhōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄣˋ ㄓㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ ban⁶ zung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dàbènzhōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄣˋ ㄓㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dàbènjhong
    • Wade–Giles: Ta⁴-pên⁴-chung¹
    • Yale: Dà-bèn-jūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahbennjong
    • Palladius: Дабэньчжун (Dabɛnʹčžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pən⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ ban⁶ zung¹
    • Yale: daaih bahn jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ ban⁶ dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ ben⁶ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² pɐn²² t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

大笨鐘

1. Big Ben

Synonyms

• 大本鐘／大本钟

See also

• 大笨象