大館
Chinese
big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
house; establishment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (大館) | 大 | 館 | |
| simp. (大馆) | 大 | 馆 | |
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Dàguǎn
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄢˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Dàguǎn
- Wade–Giles: Ta4-kuan3
- Yale: Dà-gwǎn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahgoan
- Palladius: Дагуань (Daguanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tä⁵¹ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: daai6 gun2
- Yale: daaih gún
- Cantonese Pinyin: daai6 gun2
- Guangdong Romanization: dai6 gun2
- Sinological IPA (key): /taːi̯²² kuːn³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
大館
- (Hong Kong, historical) the former Central Police Station
- 1904, James Dyer Ball, How to Speak Cantonese, third edition, Hongkong: Kelly & Walsh, pages 220–221:
- 好彩有個差人遇着個賊、截住佢、拉佢上大館 [Cantonese, trad.]
- hou2 coi2 jau5 go3 caai1 jan4 jyu6 zoek6 go3 caak6-2, zit6 zyu6 keoi5, laai1 keoi5 soeng5 daai6 gun2 [Jyutping]
- Fortunately the thief met a constable, who stopped him, and took him up in arrest to the Central Police Station.
好彩有个差人遇着个贼、截住佢、拉佢上大馆 [Cantonese, simp.]
Etymology 2
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大館 (Ōdate).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Dàguǎn
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄢˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Dàguǎn
- Wade–Giles: Ta4-kuan3
- Yale: Dà-gwǎn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahgoan
- Palladius: Дагуань (Daguanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tä⁵¹ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: daai6 gun2
- Yale: daaih gún
- Cantonese Pinyin: daai6 gun2
- Guangdong Romanization: dai6 gun2
- Sinological IPA (key): /taːi̯²² kuːn³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
大館