大宇宙

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	universe; cosmos; macrocosm universe; cosmos; macrocosm; space; roof, ridgepole and beams
simp. and trad. (大宇宙)		大	宇宙

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàyǔzhòu

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄩˇ ㄓㄡˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàyǔzhòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄩˇ ㄓㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàyǔjhòu
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-yü³-chou⁴
  - Yale: dà-yǔ-jòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahyeujow
  - Palladius: даюйчжоу (dajujčžou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/

Noun

大宇宙

(philosophy) macrocosm
Antonym: 小宇宙 (xiǎoyǔzhòu)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (大宇宙):

→ Japanese: 大宇宙(だいうちゅう) (daiuchū)
→ Korean: 대우주(大宇宙) (dae'uju)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	宇	宙
だい Grade: 1	う Grade: 6	ちゅう Grade: 6
on'yomi

Etymology

A calque of German Makrokosmos, equivalent to 大(だい) (dai) + 宇(う)宙(ちゅう) (uchū).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [da̠iɯ̟t͡ɕɨː]

Noun

大(だい)宇(う)宙(ちゅう) • (daiuchū)

(philosophy) macrocosm^[2]

Antonyms

小(しょう)宇(う)宙(ちゅう) (shōuchū): microcosm

References

^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
^ 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.