大國

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	country; state; nation
trad. (大國)		大	國
simp. (大国)		大	国

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ gwok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàguó
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-kuo²
    • Yale: dà-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahgwo
    • Palladius: даго (dago)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ gwok³
    • Yale: daaih gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² kʷɔːk̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: dajH|daH kwok

Rime
Character	大	大	國
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	歌 (94)	德 (132)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	徒蓋切	唐佐切	古或切
Baxter	dajH	daH	kwok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/kwək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/kʷək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/kuək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dajH/	/daH/	/kwək̚/
Li Rong	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/kuək̚/
Wang Li	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/kuək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑiH/	/dʱɑH/	/kwək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dài	duò	guo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daai6	do6	gwak1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤat-s|lˤa[t]-s  [C.q]ʷˤək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*daːds  kʷɯːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	大	大	國
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dà	dà	guó
Middle Chinese	‹ daH ›	‹ dajH ›	‹ kwok ›
Old Chinese	/*lˁat-s/ (MC F!)	/*lˁa[t]-s/	/*[C.q]ʷˁək/
English	big	big	state (n.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	大	大	國
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	1934	1939	5547
Phonetic component	大	大	或
Rime group	祭	祭	職
Rime subdivision	1	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	䭾	大	國
Old Chinese	/*daːds/	/*daːds/	/*kʷɯːɡ/

Noun

大國

1. big country; major power; great nation

   • 夫大國難測也，懼有伏焉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     夫大国难测也，惧有伏焉。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Fú dàguó náncè yě, jù yǒu fú yān. [Pinyin]

     It is difficult to fathom the moves of a great state, and I feared an ambush.

Synonyms

• (literary) 大邦 (dàbāng)

Antonyms

• 小國／小国 (xiǎoguó)

Derived terms

• 大國沙文主義／大国沙文主义 (dàguó shāwén zhǔyì)
• 泱泱大國／泱泱大国 (yāngyāng dàguó)
• 超級大國／超级大国 (chāojí dàguó)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (大國):

• → Japanese: 大国(たいこく) (taikoku)
• → Korean: 대국(大國) (daeguk)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	國
たい Grade: 1	こく Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

大(たい)國(こく) • (taikoku) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 大国 (“big country, major power”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
大	國

Noun

大國 • (daeguk) (hangeul 대국)

1. Hanja form^? of 대국 (“big country”).