大大方方

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just	square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
simp. and trad. (大大方方)		大	大	方	方

Etymology

AABB-type reduplication of 大方 (dàfāng)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàdafāngfāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ˙ㄉㄚ ㄈㄤ ㄈㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ daai⁶ fong¹ fong¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-tāi-hong-hong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàdafāngfāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ˙ㄉㄚ ㄈㄤ ㄈㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàdåfangfang
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-ta⁵-fang¹-fang¹
    • Yale: dà-da-fāng-fāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dah.dafangfang
    • Palladius: дадафанфан (dadafanfan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ d̥ä¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ daai⁶ fong¹ fong¹
    • Yale: daaih daaih fōng fōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ daai⁶ fong¹ fong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ dai⁶ fong¹ fong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² taːi̯²² fɔːŋ⁵⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-tāi-hong-hong
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-tāi-hong-hong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixdaixhonghofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ tai²²⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² tai⁴¹⁻²² hɔŋ³³ hɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ tai²²⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ tai³³⁻¹¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ tai³³⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

Adjective

大大方方

1. confident, calm, poised

   • 「濟川連問外面何人？他才大大方方的走了進來。」 [MSC, trad.]
     「济川连问外面何人？他才大大方方的走了进来。」 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 《文明小史》第二五回

     “Jìchuān lián wèn wàimiàn hérén? Tā cái dàdàfāngfāng de zǒu le jìnlái.” [Pinyin]

     Jichuan asked who was outside. Then he walked in calmly.