大正

㍽ U+337D, ㍽ SQUARE ERA NAME TAISYOU ← ㍼ [U+337C] CJK Compatibility ㍾ → [U+337E]

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year
simp. and trad. (大正)		大	正
anagram		正大

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàzhèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàzhèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàjhèng
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-chêng⁴
    • Yale: dà-jèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahjenq
    • Palladius: дачжэн (dačžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/

Adjective

大正

1. (literary) just; fair and honest

Synonyms

• 不阿 (bù'ē) (formal)
• 中和 (zhōnghé) (literary)
• 中正 (zhōngzhèng) (literary)
• 允 (literary, or in compounds)
• 公允 (gōngyǔn)
• 公平 (gōngpíng)
• 公正 (gōngzhèng)
• 公直 (gōngzhí) (literary)
• 公道 (gōngdao)
• 平允 (píngyǔn)
• 平正 (píngzhèng)
• 持平 (chípíng)
• 掠平 (Hokkien)

 

Antonyms

• 不平 (bùpíng)
• 偏曲 (piānqū) (literary)
• 偏頗／偏颇 (literary)

 

Noun

大正

1. (historical) name of an ancient official title

Proper noun

大正

1. Taishō era of Japanese history
2. (literary) Alternative name for 太白星 (Tàibáixīng, “Venus”).

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàzhēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàzhēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàjheng
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-chêng¹
    • Yale: dà-jēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahjeng
    • Palladius: дачжэн (dačžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

大正

1. (archaic) to send a punitive expedition

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	正
たい Grade: 1	しょう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative forms

• ㍽

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たいしょー [tàíshóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠iɕo̞ː]

Proper noun

大(たい)正(しょう) • (Taishō) 

1. the Taishō era, 1912-1926

Derived terms

• 大(たい)正(しょう)浪(ろ)漫(まん) (Taishō roman)

 

See also

• 明治(めいじ) (Meiji) (era preceding Taishō)
• 昭和(しょうわ) (Shōwa) (era following Taishō)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
大	正

Proper noun

大正

1. chữ Hán form of Đại Chính (“Taishō era of Japanese history”).