大粒

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	a grain; a granule
trad. (大粒)		大	粒
simp. #(大粒)		大	粒

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ lap¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-lia̍p

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ lap¹
    • Yale: daaih lāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ lap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ leb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² lɐp̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-lia̍p
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-lia̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxliap
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ liap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² liap̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ liap̚¹²¹/

Adjective

大粒

1. (Cantonese, Southern Min) of a big granule, grain or pellet
2. (Southern Min) of a tall and big stature
3. (Cantonese, Southern Min) of high rank or power
4. (Cantonese) big (in size)

Synonyms

• (Min Nan: of a big granule):
  • (Hokkien) 大母粒
• (Cantonese: small):
  • (Cantonese, emphatic) 大大粒 (daai6 daai6 lap1)
  • (Cantonese) 大個／大个 (daai6 go3), 大 (daai6)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “Cantonese: small”): 細粒／细粒 (sai3 lap1)

Derived terms

• 大粒佬
• 大粒嘢
• 大粒戇／大粒戆
• 大粒頭／大粒头
• 大粒墨

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	粒
おお Grade: 1	つぶ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おおつぶ [òótsúbú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [o̞ːt͡sɨbɯ̟]

Noun

大(おお)粒(つぶ) • (ōtsubu) 

1. large drop
2. large grain