大圓

See also: 大員 and 臺員

Chinese

Etymology 1

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	circle; round; circular circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (Yuan); tactful; to justify
trad. (大圓)		大	圓
simp. (大圆)		大	圆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄩㄢˊ

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): dua⁷ in⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàyuán
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-yüan²
    • Yale: dà-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahyuan
    • Palladius: даюань (dajuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dua⁷ in⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuā îⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tua¹¹ ĩ⁵⁵/

Noun

大圓

1. (geometry) great circle
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 大,‎ 圓／圆 (yuán). ("big circle")
3. (Teochew) roundabout; traffic circle

Synonyms

• (roundabout):

Dialectal synonyms of 環島 (“roundabout; traffic circle”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Mandarin	Taiwan	圓環
	Chengdu	轉盤
	Liuzhou	環島, 轉盤
	Malaysia	交通圈
	Singapore	交通圈
Cantonese	Hong Kong	迴旋處
	Macau	迴旋處, 圓形地
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	圓環
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	圓環
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	圓環
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	圓環
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	圓環
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	圓環
Southern Min	Taipei	圓環 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	圓箍環
	Jieyang	大圓
	Puning	大圓
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 大圓 – see 大員 (“Tayoan”). (This term is a variant form of 大員).