大宅
Chinese
big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
residence | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (大宅) | 大 | 宅 | |
| simp. #(大宅) | 大 | 宅 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: dàzhái
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄞˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dàjhái
- Wade–Giles: ta4-chai2
- Yale: dà-jái
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahjair
- Palladius: дачжай (dačžaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
大宅
- mansion; great house (large, luxurious house or building, usually built for the wealthy)
- (obsolete, figurative) face
- 太子曰：「僕病，未能也。」然陽氣見於眉宇之間，侵淫而上，幾滿大宅。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: c. 175 B.C.E., 枚乘,《七發》(Seven Stimuli), transl. Victor H. Mair
- Tàizǐ yuē: “Pú bìng, wèinéng yě.” Rán yángqì xiàn yú méiyǔ zhījiān, qīnyín ér shàng, jī mǎn dàzhái. [Pinyin]
- “I am ill,” said the Crown Prince, “and am, as yet, unable to get up.” But this time a sunny sparkle appeared in the space between his brows and gradually spread till it almost covered his entire face.
太子曰：「仆病，未能也。」然阳气见于眉宇之间，侵淫而上，几满大宅。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 大 | 宅 |
| おお Grade: 1 |
やけ Grade: 6 |
| kun'yomi | |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 大宅 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 大宅, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |