大樹

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	tree
trad. (大樹)		大	樹
simp. (大树)		大	树

Etymology

"Dashu district, Kaohsiung, Taiwan"

From 大樹跤／大树跤 (Toā-chhiū-kha).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàshù

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ syu⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-su
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tōa-chhiū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàshù
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàshù
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-shu⁴
    • Yale: dà-shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshuh
    • Palladius: дашу (dašu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ syu⁶
    • Yale: daaih syuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ sy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ xu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² syː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-su
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai su
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ su⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ su⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tōa-chhiū
    • Tâi-lô: Tuā-tshiū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxchiu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu³³/

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• Middle Chinese: dajH|daH dzyuH

Rime
Character	大	大	樹
Reading #	1/2	2/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	歌 (94)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I	III
Fanqie	徒蓋切	唐佐切	常句切
Baxter	dajH	daH	dzyuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/d͡ʑɨoH/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/d͡ʑioH/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/d͡ʑioH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dajH/	/daH/	/d͡ʑuə̆H/
Li Rong	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/ʑioH/
Wang Li	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/ʑĭuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑiH/	/dʱɑH/	/ʑi̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dài	duò	shù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daai6	do6	syu6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤat-s|lˤa[t]-s  m-toʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*daːds  djos/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	大	大	樹
Reading #	1/2	2/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dà	dà	shù
Middle Chinese	‹ daH ›	‹ dajH ›	‹ dzyuH ›
Old Chinese	/*lˁat-s/ (MC F!)	/*lˁa[t]-s/	/*m-toʔ-s/
English	big	big	tree
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	大	大	樹
Reading #	1/2	2/2	2/2
No.	1934	1939	17648
Phonetic component	大	大	壴
Rime group	祭	祭	侯
Rime subdivision	1	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	䭾	大	樹
Old Chinese	/*daːds/	/*daːds/	/*djos/

Proper noun

大樹

1. (～區) Dashu (a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
2. (～鎮) Dashu (a town in Fengjie, Chongqing, China)

Noun

大樹

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 大,‎ 樹／树 (shù): big tree

Derived terms

• 大樹大陰涼／大树大阴凉
• 大樹將軍／大树将军
• 大樹營／大树营 (Dàshùyíng)
• 大樹菠蘿／大树菠萝
• 蚍蜉撼大樹／蚍蜉撼大树 (pífúhàndàshù)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	樹
たい Grade: 1	じゅ Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) た​いじゅ [táꜜìjù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠iʑɨᵝ]

Noun

大(たい)樹(じゅ) • (taiju) ^{←たいじゆ (taizyu)?}

1. big tree
2. Short for 大樹将軍 (taiju shōgun, “another name for a shogun”).

Derived terms

• 大(たい)樹(じゅ)将(しょう)軍(ぐん) (taiju shōgun)
• 寄(よ)らば大(たい)樹(じゅ)の陰(かげ) (yoraba taiju no kage)

Proper noun

Kanji in this term
大	樹
たい Grade: 1	き Grade: 6

Kanji in this term
大	樹
だい Grade: 1	き Grade: 6

Kanji in this term
大	樹
ひろ Grade: 1	き Grade: 6

大(たい)樹(き) or 大(だい)樹(き) or 大(ひろ)樹(き) • (Taiki or Daiki or Hiroki) 

1. a male given name