永樂大典

Chinese

		the Yongle Emperor	great ceremony; tome of classical writings; canon
trad. (永樂大典)		永樂	大典
simp. (永乐大典)		永乐	大典
Literally: “Great Canon of Yongle (r. 1403–24)”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yǒnglè Dàdiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˇ ㄌㄜˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yǒnglè Dàdiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ ㄌㄜˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yǒnglè Dàdiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: Yung³-lê⁴ Ta⁴-tien³
    • Yale: Yǔng-lè Dà-dyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yeongleh Dahdean
    • Palladius: Юнлэ Дадянь (Junlɛ Dadjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proper noun

永樂大典

1. Yongle Encyclopaedia (the largest leishu encyclopaedia in Chinese history, later scattered and mostly lost)