大千

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	thousand
simp. and trad. (大千)		大	千

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàqiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄑㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ cin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàqiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄑㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàcian
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-chʻien¹
    • Yale: dà-chyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahchian
    • Palladius: дацянь (dacjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ cin¹
    • Yale: daaih chīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ tsin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ qin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dajH|daH tshen

Rime
Character	大	大	千
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	歌 (94)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	IV
Fanqie	徒蓋切	唐佐切	蒼先切
Baxter	dajH	daH	tshen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/t͡sʰen/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/t͡sʰen/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/t͡sʰɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dajH/	/daH/	/t͡sʰɛn/
Li Rong	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/t͡sʰen/
Wang Li	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/t͡sʰien/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑiH/	/dʱɑH/	/t͡sʰien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dài	duò	qiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daai6	do6	cin1

Noun

大千

1. (Buddhism) Alternative form of 大千世界 (dàqiānshìjiè)

Proper noun

大千

1. Zhang Daqian (1899–1983), a Chinese artist and forger.

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “大千” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].