大樹

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	tree
trad. (大樹)		大	樹
simp. (大树)		大	树

Etymology

"Dashu district, Kaohsiung, Taiwan": From 大樹跤／大树跤 (Toā-chhiū-kha).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàshù

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ syu⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-su
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tōa-chhiū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàshù
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàshù
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-shu⁴
  - Yale: dà-shù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshuh
  - Palladius: дашу (dašu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    大數 / 大数
    大樹 / 大树
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ syu⁶
  - Yale: daaih syuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ sy⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ xu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² syː²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-su
  - Hakka Romanization System: tai su
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ su⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ su⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tōa-chhiū
  - Tâi-lô: Tuā-tshiū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doaxchiu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu³³/

Middle Chinese: dajH|daH dzyuH

Rime
Character	大	大	樹
Reading #	1/2	2/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	歌 (94)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I	III
Fanqie	徒蓋切	唐佐切	常句切
Baxter	dajH	daH	dzyuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/d͡ʑɨo^H/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/d͡ʑio^H/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/d͡ʑio^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/daj^H/	/da^H/	/d͡ʑuə̆^H/
Li Rong	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/ʑio^H/
Wang Li	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/ʑĭu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱɑi^H/	/dʱɑ^H/	/ʑi̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dài	duò	shù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daai⁶	do⁶	syu⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤat-s|lˤa[t]-s m-toʔ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*daːds djos/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	大	大	樹
Reading #	1/2	2/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dà	dà	shù
Middle Chinese	‹ da^H ›	‹ daj^H ›	‹ dzyu^H ›
Old Chinese	/*lˁat-s/ (MC F!)	/*lˁa[t]-s/	/*m-toʔ-s/
English	big	big	tree
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	大	大	樹
Reading #	1/2	2/2	2/2
No.	1934	1939	17648
Phonetic component	大	大	壴
Rime group	祭	祭	侯
Rime subdivision	1	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	䭾	大	樹
Old Chinese	/*daːds/	/*daːds/	/*djos/

Proper noun

大樹

(～區) Dashu (a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
(～鎮) Dashu (a town in Fengjie, Chongqing, China)

Noun

大樹

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 大,‎ 樹 / 树 (shù): big tree

Derived terms

大樹大陰涼 / 大树大阴凉
大樹將軍 / 大树将军
大樹營 / 大树营 (Dàshùyíng)
大樹菠蘿 / 大树菠萝 (dàshùbōluó)
蚍蜉撼大樹 / 蚍蜉撼大树 (pífúhàndàshù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	樹
たい Grade: 1	じゅ Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たいじゅ [táꜜìjù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ta̠iʑɨ]

Noun

大(たい)樹(じゅ) • (taiju) ^{←たいじゆ (taizyu)^?}

big tree
short for 大樹将軍 (taiju shōgun, “another name for a shogun”)

Derived terms

大(たい)樹(じゅ)将(しょう)軍(ぐん) (taiju shōgun)
寄(よ)らば大(たい)樹(じゅ)の陰(かげ) (yoraba taiju no kage)

Proper noun

Kanji in this term
大	樹
たい Grade: 1	き Grade: 6

Kanji in this term
大	樹
だい Grade: 1	き Grade: 6

Kanji in this term
大	樹
ひろ Grade: 1	き Grade: 6

大(たい)樹(き) or 大(だい)樹(き) or 大(ひろ)樹(き) • (Taiki or Daiki or Hiroki)

a male given name

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN