大寫

See also: 大写

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	to write
trad. (大寫)		大	寫
simp. (大写)		大	写

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàxiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ se²
• Eastern Min (BUC): duâi-siā
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dua⁵ sia³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-siá
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶du-shia

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàxiě
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàsiě
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-hsieh³
    • Yale: dà-syě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshiee
    • Palladius: дасе (dase)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ se²
    • Yale: daaih sé
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ se²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ sé²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² sɛː³⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: duâi-siā
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tuai²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(s-)lia³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: dua⁵ sia³ [Phonetic: dua⁵ lia³]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: duā-siâ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tua¹¹ ^(ɬ-)lia⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: dua⁵ sia³ [Phonetic: dua⁵ lia³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tua²¹ ^(ɬ-)lia³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-siá
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-siá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxsiar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ sia⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² sia⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ sia⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ sia⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ sia⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶du-shia
    • MiniDict: du^去 shia
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³du-xia
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /du²² ɕia⁴⁴/

Noun

大寫

1. capital letter; upper case
2. banker's numerals (variant Chinese numerals used on bank notes to prevent forgery)

Synonyms

• (upper case):

Dialectal synonyms of 大寫 (“upper case; capital letter”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		大寫
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	大寫
	Singapore	大寫
Cantonese	Hong Kong	大階, 大草

• (banker's numerals): (Hokkien) 大碼／大码 (dàmǎ)