大手筆

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	autograph; literary skill
trad. (大手筆)		大	手筆
simp. (大手笔)		大	手笔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàshǒubǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄅㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ sau² bat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàshǒubǐ [Phonetic: dàshóubǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàshǒubǐ
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-shou³-pi³
    • Yale: dà-shǒu-bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshooubii
    • Palladius: дашоуби (dašoubi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ sau² bat¹
    • Yale: daaih sáu bāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ sau² bat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ seo² bed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² sɐu̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dajH|daH syuwX pit

Rime
Character	大	大	手	筆
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)	書 (26)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	歌 (94)	尤 (136)	眞 (49)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	III	III
Fanqie	徒蓋切	唐佐切	書九切	鄙密切
Baxter	dajH	daH	syuwX	pit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/ɕɨuX/	/pˠiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/ɕiuX/	/pᵚit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/ɕiəuX/	/piet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dajH/	/daH/	/ɕuwX/	/pjit̚/
Li Rong	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/ɕiuX/	/pjĕt̚/
Wang Li	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/ɕĭəuX/	/pĭĕt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑiH/	/dʱɑH/	/ɕi̯ə̯uX/	/pi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dài	duò	shǒu	bi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daai6	do6	sau2	bat1

Noun

大手筆

1. edict
2. excellent work
3. outstanding writer
4. somebody that squanders a lot of money
5. large undertaking