大國

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	country; state; nation
trad. (大國)		大	國
simp. (大国)		大	国

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàguó

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ gwok³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàguó
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-kuo²
  - Yale: dà-gwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahgwo
  - Palladius: даго (dago)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ gwok³
  - Yale: daaih gwok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ gwok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ guog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² kʷɔːk̚³/

Middle Chinese: dajH|daH kwok

Rime
Character	大	大	國
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	歌 (94)	德 (132)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	徒蓋切	唐佐切	古或切
Baxter	dajH	daH	kwok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/kwək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/kʷək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/kuək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/daj^H/	/da^H/	/kwək̚/
Li Rong	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/kuək̚/
Wang Li	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/kuək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱɑi^H/	/dʱɑ^H/	/kwək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dài	duò	guo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daai⁶	do⁶	gwak¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤat-s|lˤa[t]-s [C.q]ʷˤək/

(Zhengzhang): /*daːds kʷɯːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	大	大	國
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dà	dà	guó
Middle Chinese	‹ da^H ›	‹ daj^H ›	‹ kwok ›
Old Chinese	/*lˁat-s/ (MC F!)	/*lˁa[t]-s/	/*[C.q]ʷˁək/
English	big	big	state (n.)
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	國
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	1934	1939	5547
Phonetic component	大	大	或
Rime group	祭	祭	職
Rime subdivision	1	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	䭾	大	國
Old Chinese	/*daːds/	/*daːds/	/*kʷɯːɡ/

Noun

大國

big country; major power; great nation
- 夫大國難測也，懼有伏焉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  夫大国难测也，惧有伏焉。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE
  Fú dàguó náncè yě, jù yǒu fú yān. [Pinyin]
  It is difficult to fathom the moves of a great state, and I feared an ambush.

Synonyms

(literary) 大邦 (dàbāng)

Antonyms

小國／小国 (xiǎoguó)

Derived terms

大國沙文主義／大国沙文主义 (dàguó shāwén zhǔyì)
泱泱大國／泱泱大国 (yāngyāng dàguó)
超級大國／超级大国 (chāojí dàguó)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (大國):

→ Japanese: 大国(たいこく) (taikoku)
→ Korean: 대국(大國) (daeguk)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	國
たい Grade: 1	こく Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Noun

大(たい)國(こく) • (taikoku)

Kyūjitai form of 大国 (“big country, major power”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
大	國

Noun

大國 • (daeguk) (hangeul 대국)

hanja form^? of 대국 (“big country”)

大國

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