大覺

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	feel; find that; thinking feel; find that; thinking; awake; aware; a nap; a sleep
trad. (大覺)		大	覺
simp. (大觉)		大	觉

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàjué

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ gok³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-kok
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-kak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàjué
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàjyué
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-chüeh²
    • Yale: dà-jywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahjyue
    • Palladius: дацзюэ (daczjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ gok³
    • Yale: daaih gok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ gok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ gog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² kɔːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-kok
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai gog^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ gog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ kok̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-kak
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-kak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixkag
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ kak̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² kak̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ kak̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ kak̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ kak̚³²/

Noun

大覺

1. (literary, religion) great awakening; attainment of divine enlightenment

   • 且有大覺而後知此其大夢也，而愚者自以爲覺，竊竊然知之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     且有大觉而后知此其大梦也，而愚者自以为觉，窃窃然知之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

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

     Qiě yǒu dàjué ér hòu zhī cǐ qí dàmèng yě, ér yúzhě zì yǐwéi jué, qièqiè rán zhī zhī. [Pinyin]

     By and by comes the Great Awakening, and then we find out that this life is really a great dream. Fools think they are awake now, and flatter themselves they know if they are really princes or peasants.

   • 今將有大覺，然後知今此之為大夢也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     今将有大觉，然后知今此之为大梦也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Huainanzi, 2^nd century BCE

     Jīn jiāng yǒu dàjué, ránhòu zhī jīn cǐ zhī wéi dàmèng yě. [Pinyin]

     If one day you can fully awaken, you will realize that everything today is just a big dream.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (大覺):

• → Japanese: 大覚(だいかく) (daikaku)
• → Korean: 대각(大覺) (daegak)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàjiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ gaau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàjiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàjiào
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-chiao⁴
    • Yale: dà-jyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahjiaw
    • Palladius: дацзяо (daczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ gaau³
    • Yale: daaih gaau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ gaau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ gao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² kaːu̯³³/

Noun

大覺

1. (colloquial) long and deep sleep; good sleep

   睡大覺／睡大觉  ―  shuì dàjiào  ―  to have a good sleep