大宇宙

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	universe; cosmos; macrocosm universe; cosmos; macrocosm; space; roof, ridgepole and beams
simp. and trad. (大宇宙)		大	宇宙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàyǔzhòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄩˇ ㄓㄡˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàyǔzhòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄩˇ ㄓㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàyǔjhòu
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-yü³-chou⁴
    • Yale: dà-yǔ-jòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahyeujow
    • Palladius: даюйчжоу (dajujčžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/

Noun

大宇宙

1. (philosophy) macrocosm

   Antonym: 小宇宙 (xiǎoyǔzhòu)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (大宇宙):

• → Japanese: 大宇宙(だいうちゅう) (daiuchū)
• → Korean: 대우주(大宇宙) (dae'uju)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	宇	宙
だい Grade: 1	う Grade: 6	ちゅう Grade: 6
on'yomi

Etymology

A calque of German Makrokosmos, equivalent to 大(だい) (dai) + 宇(う)宙(ちゅう) (uchū).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [da̠iɯ̟t͡ɕɨː]

Noun

大(だい)宇(う)宙(ちゅう) • (daiuchū) 

1. (philosophy) macrocosm

Antonyms

• 小(しょう)宇(う)宙(ちゅう) (shōuchū): microcosm