大言

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
simp. and trad. (大言)		大	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄧㄢˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-giân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàyán
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-yen²
    • Yale: dà-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahyan
    • Palladius: даянь (dajanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ jɛn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-giân
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-giân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixgieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ ɡiɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ ɡiɛn²³/

Verb

大言

1. (literary) to speak loudly
2. (literary) to make grandiose statements

Noun

大言

1. (literary) important remarks
2. (literary) big talk; overstatement

Synonyms

• (big talk): 大話／大话 (dàhuà), (Hokkien) 大空話／大空话

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (大言):

• → Japanese: 大言(たいげん) (taigen)
• → Vietnamese: đại ngôn (大言)