大意

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; (abbr.) Italy
simp. and trad. (大意)		大	意

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàyi, dàyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ˙ㄧ, ㄉㄚˋ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ ji³
• Min Nan (POJ): tāi-ì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, mainland China)⁺
    • Pinyin: dàyi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ˙ㄧ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dah.i
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàyi̊
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ i¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
    • Pinyin: dàyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄧˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahyih
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàyì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ ji³
    • Yale: daaih yi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ ji³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ yi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /täːi̯²² jiː³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-ì
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-ì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ i²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /taɪ⁴¹⁻²² i⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ i²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /taɪ³³⁻¹¹ i¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /taɪ³³⁻²¹ i²¹/

Adjective

大意

1. careless; negligent

Synonyms

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• 容易 (róngyì) (literary)
• 疏忽 (shūhu)

• 粗心 (cūxīn)
• 馬虎／马虎 (mǎhu)

Antonyms

• 當心／当心 (dāngxīn)
• 小心 (xiǎoxīn)
• 細心／细心 (xìxīn)
• 仔細／仔细 (zǐxì)

Derived terms

• 大意失荊州／大意失荆州 (dàyì shī Jīngzhōu)

• 粗心大意 (cūxīndàyì)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ ji³
• Min Nan (POJ): tāi-ì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: dàyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄧˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahyih
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàyì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 大意 大義／大义

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ ji³
    • Yale: daaih yi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ ji³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ yi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /täːi̯²² jiː³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-ì
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-ì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ i²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /taɪ⁴¹⁻²² i⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ i²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /taɪ³³⁻¹¹ i¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /taɪ³³⁻²¹ i²¹/

Noun

大意

1. general idea; main points

Synonyms

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• 主旨 (zhǔzhǐ)
• 大旨 (dàzhǐ)
• 旨要 (zhǐyào)

• 要旨 (yàozhǐ)
• 要義／要义 (yàoyì)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	意
たい Grade: 1	い Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

大意 (hiragana たいい, rōmaji taii)

1. purport, gist, general idea
2. outline, summary