大英

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	flower; hero; brave flower; hero; brave; outstanding; Britain (abbrev.); English
trad. (大英)		大	英
simp. #(大英)		大	英

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàyīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ jing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàyīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàying
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-ying¹
    • Yale: dà-yīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahing
    • Palladius: даин (dain)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ iŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ jing¹
    • Yale: daaih yīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ jing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ ying¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² jɪŋ⁵⁵/

Adjective

大英

1. (attributive) British
   • 1837, “經書”, in Karl Gützlaff, editor, 東西洋考每月統紀傳 [Eastern Western Monthly Magazine], page 8:

     明朝之時，大英、法蘭西、義大利、阿理曼，各國之儒興，纂經書浩繁。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     明朝之时，大英、法兰西、义大利、阿理曼，各国之儒兴，纂经书浩繁。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Míngcháo zhī shí, Dàyīng, Fǎlánxī, Yìdàlì, Ālǐmàn, gèguó zhī rú xīng, zuǎn jīngshū hàofán. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• 大英博物館 / 大英博物馆
• 大英國協 / 大英国协 (Dà Yīngguó Xié)
• 大英帝國 / 大英帝国 (Dàyīng Dìguó)
• 大英百科全書 / 大英百科全书 (Dà-Yīng Bǎikē Quánshū)

 

Proper noun

大英

1. (～縣) Daying County (a county of Sichuan, China)