大城

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	city walls; city; town
simp. and trad. (大城)		大	城
anagram		城大

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dàchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ sing⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Thai-sàng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Tōa-siâⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dua⁷ sian⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dàchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dàchéng
    • Wade–Giles: Ta⁴-chʻêng²
    • Yale: Dà-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahcherng
    • Palladius: Дачэн (Dačɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ sing⁴
    • Yale: daaih sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² sɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Thai-sàng
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai sangˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ sang²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ saŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tōa-siâⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Tuā-siânn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxsviaa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ siã²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² siã²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ siã¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ siã²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ siã²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dua⁷ sian⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuā siâⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tua¹¹ sĩã⁵⁵/

Proper noun

大城

1. (～府) Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya (a province of Thailand)
2. Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya (a city in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province, Thailand)
3. (～王國) (historical) Ayutthaya Kingdom
4. (～鄉) Dacheng (a rural township in Changhua County, Taiwan)

Synonyms

• (Ayutthaya): 阿瑜陀耶 (Āyútuóyē)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dàichéng, Dàchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˋ ㄔㄥˊ, ㄉㄚˋ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ sing⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tāi-siâⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dàichéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˋ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dàichéng
    • Wade–Giles: Tai⁴-chʻêng²
    • Yale: Dài-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Daycherng
    • Palladius: Дайчэн (Dajčɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dàchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dàchéng
    • Wade–Giles: Ta⁴-chʻêng²
    • Yale: Dà-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahcherng
    • Palladius: Дачэн (Dačɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ sing⁴
    • Yale: daaih sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² sɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tāi-siâⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Tāi-siânn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixsviaa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ siã²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² siã²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ siã¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ siã²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ siã²³/

Proper noun

大城

1. (～縣) Daicheng (a county of Langfang, Hebei, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	城
おお Grade: 1	しろ Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Etymology

Literally “great fortress”.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おおしろ [òóshíró] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [o̞ːɕiɾo̞]

Proper noun

大(おお)城(しろ) • (Ōshiro) ^{←おほしろ (Ofosiro)?}

1. a surname

Old Japanese

Etymology

Appears to be derived from a Baekje compound; if so, possibly 鞬 (*k(j)ə-n, “big, great”) +‎ 城 (*sasi, “fortress”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) コニ​サシ [kòníꜜsàshì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ɲ̟isa̠ɕi]

Noun

大城 (*ko₂nisasi) (kana コニサシ)

1. the capital of Baekje
   • 720, Nihon Shoki, Emperor Yūryaku (twentieth year of reign [c. 476 CE] in winter; Zushoryō-bon glosses):

     蓋鹵王乙卯年冬、狛大軍來攻_レ大_-城七日七夜...

     When Gaero was king on the Wood Rabbit year [475 CE] in winter, an army from Köma (Goryeo) came and attacked the great fortress [or capital] for seven days and seven nights.

Descendants

• Japanese: 大城 (konisashi), in modern Japanese dictionaries