大三元

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	three	primary; first; fundamental primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty)
simp. and trad. (大三元)		大	三	元
Literally: “big three fundamentals”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàsānyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄙㄢ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ saam¹ jyun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-saⁿ-goân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàsānyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄙㄢ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàsanyuán
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-san¹-yüan²
    • Yale: dà-sān-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahsanyuan
    • Palladius: дасаньюань (dasanʹjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ saam¹ jyun⁴
    • Yale: daaih sāam yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ saam¹ jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ sam¹ yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² saːm⁵⁵ jyːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-saⁿ-goân
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-sann-guân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxsva'goaan
    • IPA (Singapore): /tua²²⁻²¹ sã⁴⁴⁻²² ɡuan²⁴/

Noun

大三元

1. (mahjong) a winning hand with melds of all three dragon tiles

Descendants

• → Japanese: 大三元 (daisangen)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	三	元
だい Grade: 1	さん Grade: 1	げん Grade: 2
goon	on’yomi	kan’on

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 大三元 (dàsānyuán)

From 大 (dai-, “big, great”) +‎ 三元 (sangen, clipping of 三元牌 (sangenpai), “dragon tiles”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) だいさ​んげん [dàísáꜜǹgèǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [da̠isã̠ŋɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

大(だい)三(さん)元(げん) • (daisangen) 

1. (mahjong) a 役満 (yakuman, “limit”) hand with melds of all three dragon tiles

See also

• 小(しょう)三(さん)元(げん) (shōsangen)