大音希聲
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
sound; noise; news | to hope; rare; infrequent | sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds) sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise | ||
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trad. (大音希聲) | 大 | 音 | 希 | 聲 | |
simp. (大音希声) | 大 | 音 | 希 | 声 |
Etymology
[edit]From Tao Te Ching:
- 大方無隅;大器晚成;大音希聲;大象無形。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Tao Te Ching, 4th century BCE
- Dà fāng wú yú; dà qì wǎn chéng; dà yīn xī shēng; dà xiàng wú xíng. [Pinyin]
- Its largest square doth yet no corner show;
A vessel great, it is the slowest made;
Loud is its sound, but never word it said;
A semblance great, the shadow of a shade.
大方无隅;大器晚成;大音希声;大象无形。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄧㄣ ㄒㄧ ㄕㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dàyinsisheng
- Wade–Giles: ta4-yin1-hsi1-shêng1
- Yale: dà-yīn-syī-shēng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahinshisheng
- Palladius: даиньсишэн (dainʹsišɛn)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tä⁵¹ in⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: daai6 jam1 hei1 sing1
- Yale: daaih yām hēi sīng
- Cantonese Pinyin: daai6 jam1 hei1 sing1
- Guangdong Romanization: dai6 yem1 héi1 xing1
- Sinological IPA (key): /taːi̯²² jɐm⁵⁵ hei̯⁵⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]大音希聲
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