Chinese edit

to gather; to collect; collected works great accomplishment; great achievement; compendium
trad. (集大成) 大成
simp. #(集大成) 大成

Etymology edit

From Mencius (《孟子·萬章下》):

伯夷,;伊尹,;柳下惠,孔子孔子集大成 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
伯夷,;伊尹,;柳下惠,孔子孔子集大成 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
Bóyí, shèng zhī qīng zhě yě; Yīyǐn, shèng zhī rèn zhě yě; Liǔxià Huì, shèng zhī hé zhě yě; Kǒngzǐ, shèng zhī shí zhě yě. Kǒngzǐ zhī wèi jí dàchéng. [Pinyin]
Bo Yi among the sages was the pure one; Yi Yin was the one most inclined to take office; Hui of Liu Xia was the accommodating one; and Confucius was the timeous one. In Confucius we have what is called a complete concert.

Pronunciation edit


Verb edit

集大成

  1. to be a comprehensive expression of; to be an agglomeration of; to epitomise
    學派思想集大成 [MSC, trad.]
    学派思想集大成 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā shì zhè yī xuépài sīxiǎng de jídàchéng zhě. [Pinyin]
    He epitomized the thought of this school.

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (集大成):

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
しゅう
Grade: 3
たい
Grade: 1
せい
Grade: 4
kan’on

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(しゅう)(たい)(せい) (shūtaiseiしふたいせい (sifutaisei)?

  1. a compilation, a large collection, a survey
    (けん)(きゅう)(しゅう)(たい)(せい)
    kenkyū no shūtaisei
    a comprehensive survey of the research

Verb edit

(しゅう)(たい)(せい)する (shūtaisei surutransitive suru (stem (しゅう)(たい)(せい) (shūtaisei shi), past (しゅう)(たい)(せい)した (shūtaisei shita))

  1. to compile (data etc.) in one publication, to survey (available literature)

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN