大蟲
See also: 大虫
Chinese
editbig; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
animal; insect | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (大蟲) | 大 | 蟲 | |
| simp. (大虫) | 大 | 虫 | |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dàchóng
- Wade–Giles: ta4-chʻung2
- Yale: dà-chúng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahchorng
- Palladius: дачун (dačun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: daai6 cung4
- Yale: daaih chùhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: daai6 tsung4
- Guangdong Romanization: dai6 cung4
- Sinological IPA (key): /taːi̯²² t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Xiang
Noun
edit大蟲
- large insect
- (literary or dialectal, euphemistic) tiger
- 那大蟲望著洪太尉，左盤右旋，咆哮了一回，托地望後山坡下跳了去。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: Shi Nai'an, Water Margin, circa 14th century CE
- Nà dàchóng wàng zhe Hóng tàiwèi, zuǒpányòuxuán, páoxiāo le yī huí, tuōdì wàng hòu shānpō xià tiào le qù. [Pinyin]
- That tiger looked at Marshal Hong, circled left and right, and roared for a while; then, it suddenly jumped down the rear slope.
那大虫望着洪太尉，左盘右旋，咆哮了一回，托地望后山坡下跳了去。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]