碩大無朋

Chinese

		tall; tall and big; enormous tall; tall and big; enormous; huge
trad. (碩大無朋)		碩大	無朋
simp. (硕大无朋)		硕大	无朋

Etymology

From the Classic of Poetry, poem 117 (《詩經·唐風·椒聊》):

椒聊之實，蕃衍盈升。
彼其之子，碩大無朋。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]

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椒聊之实，蕃衍盈升。
彼其之子，硕大无朋。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Jiāoliáo zhī shí, fán yǎn yíng shēng.
Bǐ qí zhī zǐ, shuòdà wúpéng. [Pinyin]

The clusters of the pepper plant, Large and luxuriant, would fill a pint.
That hero there is large and peerless.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuòdàwúpéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄨˊ ㄆㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sek⁶ daai⁶ mou⁴ pang⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuòdàwúpéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄨˊ ㄆㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuòdàwúpéng
    • Wade–Giles: shuo⁴-ta⁴-wu²-pʻêng²
    • Yale: shwò-dà-wú-péng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuohdahwuperng
    • Palladius: шодаупэн (šodaupɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹ u³⁵ pʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sek⁶ daai⁶ mou⁴ pang⁴
    • Yale: sehk daaih mòuh pàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sek⁹ daai⁶ mou⁴ pang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ség⁶ dai⁶ mou⁴ peng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛːk̚² taːi̯²² mou̯²¹ pʰɐŋ²¹/

Idiom

碩大無朋

1. incomparably enormous

Synonyms

• 巨大無比／巨大无比 (jùdàwúbǐ)