大方

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
simp. and trad. (大方)		大	方

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàfāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄈㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ fong¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-fông
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-hong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàfāng → dàfang (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄈㄤ → ㄉㄚˋ ˙ㄈㄤ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàfång
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-fang⁵
    • Yale: dà-fang
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dah.fang
    • Palladius: дафан (dafan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵/ → /tä⁵¹ fɑŋ¹/

Note: Toneless - usually the adjective senses.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ fong¹
    • Yale: daaih fōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ fong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ fong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-fông
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai fong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ fong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ foŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-hong
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-hong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixhofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² hɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

大方

1. (literary) expert; master; scholar
2. (traditional Chinese medicine) large formula; potent prescription
3. (literary) distinguished family
4. (literary) earth; world
5. (literary) basic rule
6. name for a variety green tea grown mainly in Anhui and Zhejiang provinces

Synonyms

• (expert):

• 內行／内行 (nèiháng)
• 內行人／内行人 (nèihángrén)
• 名家 (míngjiā)
• 大家
• 大神 (dàshén) (Internet slang)
• 好手 (hǎoshǒu)
• 專家／专家 (zhuānjiā)
• 專才／专才 (zhuāncái)
• 專業人員／专业人员 (zhuānyè rényuán)
• 專業人才／专业人才 (zhuānyè réncái)
• 專業戶／专业户 (zhuānyèhù) (figurative)
• 專門／专门 (zhuānmén)
• 專門家／专门家 (zhuānménjiā)
• 強手／强手 (qiángshǒu)
• 懸手／悬手 (Hokkien)
• 把式 (bǎshì)
• 方家 (fāngjiā) (literary)
• 能手 (néngshǒu)
• 行家 (hángjiā)
• 行家裡手／行家里手 (hángjiā lǐshǒu)
• 裡手／里手 (lǐshǒu)
• 通家 (tōngjiā) (literary)
• 達人／达人 (dárén)
• 高手 (gāoshǒu)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “expert”):

• 外行 (wàiháng)
• 外行人 (wàihángrén)
• 棒槌 (bàngchuí) (figurative)
• 行外人 (hángwàirén)
• 門外漢／门外汉 (ménwàihàn)

 

Derived terms

• 大方之家
• 大方家
• 見笑大方／见笑大方
• 貽笑大方／贻笑大方 (yíxiàodàfāng)

 

Adjective

大方

1. generous; liberal; magnanimous
2. natural and unaffected
3. in good taste; tasteful; stylish

Synonyms

• (generous): 慷慨 (kāngkǎi); (Hokkien) 大派, 冇手, 看手, 闊手／阔手; (Wu) 四海

Derived terms

• 大大方方 (dàdafāngfāng)
• 大方氣派／大方气派
• 舉止大方／举止大方
• 落落大方 (luòluòdàfāng)
• 雍容大方 (yōngróngdàfāng)

 

Proper noun

大方

1. (～縣) Dafang County (a county of Guizhou, China)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
大	方
おお Grade: 1	かた Grade: 2
kun’yomi

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Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おおかた [òókátá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [o̞ːka̠ta̠]

Noun

大(おお)方(かた) • (ōkata) ^{←おほかた (ofokata)?}

1. the majority, the large part
2. people in general, the public

Adverb

大(おお)方(かた) • (ōkata) ^{←おほかた (ofokata)?}

1. mostly, nearly
2. maybe, probably

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
大	方
たい Grade: 1	ほう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たいほー [tàíhóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠iho̞ː]

Noun

大(たい)方(ほう) • (taihō) ^{←たいはう (taifau)?}

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