大蒜

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	garlic
trad. (大蒜)		大	蒜
simp. #(大蒜)		大	蒜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): dàsuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): da⁴ suan⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ syun³
• Gan (Wiktionary): tai⁵ son⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thai-son

  (Meixian, Guangdong): tai⁴ son⁴

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶da-soe
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): dai⁵ sonn⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàsuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàsuàn
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-suan⁴
    • Yale: dà-swàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahsuann
    • Palladius: дасуань (dasuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ su̯än⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: da⁴ suan⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: dasuan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ta²¹³ suan²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ syun³
    • Yale: daaih syun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ syn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ xun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² syːn³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: tai⁵ son⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰai¹¹ sɵn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-son
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai son
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ son⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ son⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: tai⁴ son⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰaɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sɔn⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶da-soe
    • MiniDict: da^去 soe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³da-soe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /da²² sø⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: dai⁵ sonn⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai̯²¹⁻¹¹ sõ⁴⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dajH|daH swanH

Rime
Character	大	大	蒜
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	歌 (94)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	徒蓋切	唐佐切	蘇貫切
Baxter	dajH	daH	swanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/suɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/sʷɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/suɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dajH/	/daH/	/swanH/
Li Rong	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/suɑnH/
Wang Li	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/suɑnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑiH/	/dʱɑH/	/suɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dài	duò	suàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daai6	do6	syun3

Noun

大蒜

大蒜

1. garlic

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 蒜子
• (Hakka, Hokkien) 蒜仔

Derived terms

• 大蒜效應／大蒜效应
• 大蒜粉 (dàsuànfěn)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (大蒜):

• → Korean: 대산(大蒜) (daesan)

See also

• 蒜頭／蒜头 (suàntóu)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
大	蒜
にんにく
Grade: 1	Hyōgaiji
irregular

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

【蒜にんにく】H [noun] [date uncertain] garlic Alternative spellings 葫, 忍辱, ニンニク

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

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
大	蒜
おお Grade: 1	ひる > びる Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

大 (ō, “big”) +‎ 蒜 (hiru, “allium”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [o̞ːbʲiɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

大(おお)蒜(びる) • (ōbiru) ^{←おほびる (ofobiru)?}

1. garlic

Korean

Hanja in this term
大	蒜

Noun

大蒜 • (daesan) (hangeul 대산)

1. Hanja form^? of 대산 (“garlic”).