Japanese

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Kanji in this term
たい
Grade: 1

Grade: 4
kan'on
 大佐 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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(grand) +‎ (assistant), likely modeled after 大将 (taishō, general). See 佐官 (sakan, field officer) for more. Compare North Korean 대좌 (daejwa) and Vietnamese đại tá (senior colonel/captain), North Korean 상좌 (sangjwa) and Vietnamese thượng tá (army colonel; naval captain), South Korean 대령 (daeryeong, army colonel; naval captain), and mainland Mandarin 大校 (dàxiào, senior colonel/captain).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(たい)() (taisa

  1. (military) a colonel
    Hypernym: 佐官
    Hyponym: 上級大佐
    Coordinate terms: 少佐, 大尉, 大将, 中佐
    ロイ・マスタング(たい)()
    Roi Masutangu Taisa
    Colonel Roy Mustang
  2. (military) a captain (naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral)
    Hypernym: 佐官
    Coordinate terms: 少佐, 大尉 (army captain; naval lieutenant), 大将, 中佐
  3. (military) a group captain
    Hypernym: 佐官
    Coordinate terms: 少佐, 大尉, 大将, 中佐

Usage notes

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Originally used for ranks in the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces. Now only used for ranks in other countries.

See also

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Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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大佐

  1. chữ Hán form of đại tá (commodore).