大旨

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	imperial decree; purport; aim imperial decree; purport; aim; purpose
trad. (大旨)		大	旨
simp. #(大旨)		大	旨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàzhǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄓˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàzhǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄓˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàjhǐh
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-chih³
    • Yale: dà-jř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahjyy
    • Palladius: дачжи (dačži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 大旨 大趾

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ zi²
    • Yale: daaih jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

大旨

1. main idea; gist

Synonyms

• 主旨 (zhǔzhǐ)
• 大意 (dàyì)
• 指歸／指归 (zhǐguī) (literary)
• 旨要 (zhǐyào)
• 歸趣／归趣 (guīqù) (literary)
• 要旨 (yàozhǐ)
• 要義／要义 (yàoyì)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	旨
おお Grade: 1	むね Grade: S
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 大旨 – see the following entry.

【概おおむね】 [adverb] generally, mainly, roughly [noun] the outline, gist

(This term, 大旨, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)