大理石

Chinese

		Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture	rock; stone; 10 pecks
simp. and trad. (大理石)		大理	石

Etymology

Named after 大理 (Dàlǐ, “Dali”), a city in Yunnan known for producing marble.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàlǐshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ lei⁵ sek⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thai-lî-sa̍k

  (Meixian, Guangdong): tai⁴ li¹ sag⁶

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-lí-chio̍h / tāi-lí-chio̍h

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dua⁷ li² ziêh⁸ / dua⁷ li² zioh⁸ / dai⁶ li² zioh⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàlǐshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàlǐshíh
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-li³-shih²
    • Yale: dà-lǐ-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahliishyr
    • Palladius: далиши (dališi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ lei⁵ sek⁶
    • Yale: daaih léih sehk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ lei⁵ sek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ léi⁵ ség⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² lei̯¹³ sɛːk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-lî-sa̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai li^ˊ sag
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ li¹ sag⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ li²⁴⁻¹¹ sak̚⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: tai⁴ li¹ sag⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰaɪ⁵³ li⁴⁴ sak̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-lí-chio̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-lí-tsio̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxlycioih
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sioʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sioʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sioʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-lí-chio̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-lí-tsio̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixlycioih
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sioʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɤʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sioʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sioʔ⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dua⁷ li² ziêh⁸ / dua⁷ li² zioh⁸ / dai⁶ li² zioh⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuā lí tsie̍h / tuā lí tsio̍h / tăi lí tsio̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tua¹¹ li⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sieʔ⁴/, /tua¹¹ li⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sioʔ⁴/, /tai³⁵⁻¹¹ li⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sioʔ⁴/

Note: dai6 li2 zioh8 - Shantou.

Noun

大理石

1. (geology) marble

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 大理石 (“marble”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		大理岩, 大理石
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	大理石
Cantonese	Guangzhou	雲石
	Hong Kong	雲石
	Taishan	雲石
	Kaiping (Chikan)	雲石
	Dongguan	雲石
Gan	Nanchang	大理石
Hakka	Meixian	大理石, 雲石
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	雲石
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	大理石
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	大理石
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	大理石
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	大理石
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	大理石
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	大理石
Southern Min	Xiamen	石石, 大理石
	Quanzhou	石石, 大理石
	Jinjiang	石石
	Zhangzhou	石石, 大理石
	Taipei	大理石 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	雲石
	Manila (Hokkien)	石石
	Shantou	大理石, 雲石
	Singapore (Teochew)	雲石
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	大理石, 雲石
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	理	石
だい Grade: 1	り Grade: 2	せき Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

大(だい)理(り)石(せき) • (dairiseki) 

1. marble (stone)