Chinese edit

 
big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
name; fame; to describe
name; fame; to describe; place
trad. (大名)
simp. #(大名)
 
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Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (7) (4)
Final () (25) (121)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter dajH mjieng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/dɑiH/ /miᴇŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/dɑiH/ /miɛŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/dɑiH/ /miæŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/dajH/ /miajŋ/
Li
Rong
/dɑiH/ /miɛŋ/
Wang
Li
/dɑiH/ /mĭɛŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/dʱɑiH/ /mi̯ɛŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
dài míng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
daai6 ming4

Noun edit

大名

  1. formal name of a person (as opposed to a nickname)
  2. (honorific) your esteemed given name
  3. (literary) (your) great fame; reputation
    久仰大名幸會幸會 [MSC, trad.]
    久仰大名幸会幸会 [MSC, simp.]
    Jiǔyǎng dàmíng, xìnghuì xìnghuì! [Pinyin]
    I’ve been looking forward to meeting you for a long time – it's an honour!
  4. (historical) daimyo (a lord during the Japanese feudal period)

Derived terms edit

Proper noun edit

大名

  1. () Daming (a county of Handan, Hebei, China)

Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
だい
Grade: 1
みょう
Grade: 1
on’yomi
 
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/daimjau//daimjɔː//daimjoː/.

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Noun edit

(だい)(みょう) (daimyōだいみやう (daimyau)?

  1. one who owns much land
  2. a warrior who possessed more than 10,000 koku of land; a feudal lord, daimyō

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
たい
Grade: 1
めい
Grade: 1
on’yomi

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Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(たい)(めい) (taimei

  1. great honor; fame, reputation

Etymology 3 edit

Kanji in this term
おお
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
kun’yomi

/opona//oɸona//owona//oona//oːna/.

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Noun edit

(おお)() (ōnaおほな (ofona)?

  1. a general name for something
  2. the name for a large division in a village or town