大樑

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	beam of roof
trad. (大樑/大梁*)		大	樑/梁
simp. (大梁*)		大	梁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàliáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ loeng⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-liòng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-niû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàliáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàliáng
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-liang²
    • Yale: dà-lyáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahliang
    • Palladius: далян (daljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ loeng⁴
    • Yale: daaih lèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ loeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ lêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² lœːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-liòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai liong^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ liong²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ li̯oŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-niû
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-niû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxniuu
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ niũ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ niũ²³/

Noun

大樑

1. main beam of a house
2. (figurative) mainstay

Derived terms

• 扛大樑／扛大梁
• 抽大樑／抽大梁
• 挑大樑／挑大梁