大連

See also: 大连

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	even; as; to join even; as; to join; to link; successively
trad. (大連)		大	連
simp. (大连)		大	连

Etymology

Ultimately from the name of the original Russian settlement, Russian Да́льний (Dálʹnij, literally “distant”). Folk etymology suggests a derivation from 褡褳／褡裢 (dālian, “type of rectangle-shaped pocket with a pouch in the middle and two bags at the ends”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dàlián

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ lin⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): Dâi-lièng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Tāi-liân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dai⁶ liang⁵ / dai⁶ liêng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dàlián
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dàlián
    • Wade–Giles: Ta⁴-lien²
    • Yale: Dà-lyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahlian
    • Palladius: Далянь (Daljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ li̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ lin⁴
    • Yale: daaih lìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ lin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ lin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² liːn²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Dâi-lièng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ l̃ieŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tāi-liân
    • Tâi-lô: Tāi-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixlieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ liɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ liɛn²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dai⁶ liang⁵ / dai⁶ liêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tăi liâng / tăi liêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai³⁵⁻¹¹ liaŋ⁵⁵/, /tai³⁵⁻¹¹ lieŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

大連

1. (～市) Dalian (a subprovincial city in Liaoning, China)

Descendants

• → English: Dalian, Talien, Ta-lien

See also

• 旅大 (Lǚdà)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	連
だい Grade: 1	れん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) だ​いれん [dáꜜìrèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [da̠iɾẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

大(だい)連(れん) • (Dairen) 

1. Dalian (a major subprovincial city in Liaoning, in northeastern China)

Descendants

• → English: Dairen

Korean

Hanja in this term
大	連

Proper noun

大連 • (Daeryeon) (hangeul 대련)

1. Hanja form^? of 대련 (“Dalian (a major subprovincial city in Liaoning, in northeastern China)”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
大	連

Proper noun

大連

1. chữ Hán form of Đại Liên (“Dalian (a major subprovincial city in Liaoning, in northeastern China)”).