大河

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	river
simp. and trad. (大河)		大	河

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄜˊ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-hò

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàhé
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-ho²
    • Yale: dà-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahher
    • Palladius: дахэ (daxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-hò
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai hoˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ ho²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ ho¹¹/

Noun

大河

1. big river; large river; (specifically) the Yellow River

   大河漲水小河滿，大河不水小河乾。 [Waxiang, trad.]
   大河涨水小河满，大河不水小河干。 [Waxiang, simp.]

   [lui²² uæ¹³ tioŋ⁵³ tsu⁵³ ɳia¹³ uæ¹³ moŋ⁵³ lui²² uæ¹³ paʔ⁵³ tsu⁵³ ɳia¹³ uæ¹³ kʰoŋ⁵³] [IPA]

   The small river will be full if the big river flows; the small river will be dry if there is no water in the big river.

Proper noun

大河

1. (～鎮) Dahe (a town in Laifeng, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)
2. (～鄉) Dahe (a township in Wuxi, Chongqing, China)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	河
たい Grade: 1	か > が Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

大(たい)河(が) • (taiga) 

1. a large river

Proper noun

大(たい)河(が) • (Taiga) 

1. a male or female given name