大怒

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	indignant
trad. (大怒)		大	怒
simp. #(大怒)		大	怒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dànù

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄋㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ nou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dànù
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄋㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dànù
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-nu⁴
    • Yale: dà-nù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahnuh
    • Palladius: дану (danu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ nu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ nou⁶
    • Yale: daaih nouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ nou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ nou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² nou̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: dajH|daH nuX|nuH

Rime
Character	大	大	怒	怒
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)	泥 (8)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	歌 (94)	模 (23)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I	I
Fanqie	徒蓋切	唐佐切	奴古切	乃故切
Baxter	dajH	daH	nuX	nuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/nuoX/	/nuoH/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/nuoX/	/nuoH/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/noX/	/noH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dajH/	/daH/	/nɔX/	/nɔH/
Li Rong	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/noX/	/noH/
Wang Li	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/nuX/	/nuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑiH/	/dʱɑH/	/nuoX/	/nuoH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dài	duò	nǔ	nù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daai6	do6	nou5	nou6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤat-s|lˤa[t]-s  C.nˤaʔ|C.nˤaʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*daːds  naːʔ|naːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	大	大	怒	怒
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dà	dà	nù	nù
Middle Chinese	‹ daH ›	‹ dajH ›	‹ nuX ›	‹ nuH ›
Old Chinese	/*lˁat-s/ (MC F!)	/*lˁa[t]-s/	/*C.nˁaʔ/	/*C.nˁaʔ-s/
English	big	big	angry	anger, angry; vigorous
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	怒	怒
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2	2/2
No.	1934	1939	9608	9610
Phonetic component	大	大	女	女
Rime group	祭	祭	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	1	1	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	䭾	大	怒	笯
Old Chinese	/*daːds/	/*daːds/	/*naːʔ/	/*naːs/

Verb

大怒

1. to burst into anger; to be indignant

   • 項羽大怒，曰：「旦日饗士卒，為擊破沛公軍！」 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     项羽大怒，曰：「旦日飨士卒，为击破沛公军！」 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Records of the Grand Historian, Volume 7 (7th Annals): Annals of Xiang Yu by Sima Qian, 206 BCE – 9 CE

     Xiàng Yǔ dànù, yuē: “Dànrì xiǎng shìzú, wèi jīpò Pèi gōng jūn!” [Pinyin]

     Xiang Yu broke out in a rage, and said: "Tomorrow, prepare drink and food and reward my soldiers with them well. Defeat the Duke of Pei's army for me!"

Synonyms

• 上火 (shànghuǒ) (dialectal Mandarin)
• 使性地 (sái-sìng-tē) (Hokkien)
• 使性子 (shǐ xìngzi)
• 使氣／使气 (shǐqì)
• 使癖 (Hokkien)
• 使頸／使颈 (sai² geng²) (Cantonese)
• 冒煙／冒烟 (màoyān) (colloquial)
• 動怒／动怒 (dòngnù)
• 受氣／受气 (siū-khì) (Hokkien)
• 嗔怒 (chēnnù)
• 奭 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 威怒 (wēinù) (literary)
• 尥蹶子 (liàojuězi)
• 𡳞火 (Hokkien, vulgar)
• 弄性子 (nòng xìngzi) (colloquial)
• 忿懥 (fènzhì) (literary)
• 急 (jí)
• 怒 (nù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 急眼 (jíyǎn) (colloquial)
• 惱怒／恼怒 (nǎonù)
• 惹氣／惹气 (rěqì)
• 惱火／恼火 (nǎohuǒ)
• 戳火 (cuah⁴ hue²) (Jin)
• 掛氣／挂气 (guàqì) (dialectal)
• 暴怒 (bàonù) (to explode in anger)
• 有氣／有气 (yǒuqì)
• 氣／气
• 氣惱／气恼 (qìnǎo)
• 火大 (huǒdà)
• 火癀 (Hokkien)
• 燒色／烧色 (chiáu-să̤) (Northern Min)
• 爆氣／爆气
• 犯脾氣／犯脾气 (fàn píqi) (colloquial)
• 狂怒 (kuángnù) (to explode in anger)
• 生氣／生气 (shēngqì)
• 癀發／癀发 (Hokkien)
• 發呴／发呴 (⁷faq ¹heu) (Wu)
• 發性地／发性地 (Hokkien)
• 發火／发火 (fāhuǒ)
• 發癀／发癀 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 發老脾／发老脾 (faat³ lou⁵ pei^4-2) (Cantonese)
• 發脾四／发脾四 (faat³ pei⁴ sei³) (Cantonese)
• 發脾氣／发脾气 (fā píqi)
• 發臉／发脸 (Hokkien)
• 發輦／发辇 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 發飆／发飙 (fābiāo) (colloquial)
• 盛怒 (shèngnù)
• 耍態度／耍态度 (shuǎ tàidù) (colloquial)
• 耍脾氣／耍脾气 (shuǎ píqi)
• 苦氣／苦气 (Hokkien)
• 見氣／见气 (Yangzhou Mandarin, Pingxiang Gan, Huizhou, Pingxiang Gan, Wu, Pingxiang Gan, Xiang, Pingxiang Gan)
• 起性 (Hokkien)
• 起性地 (Hokkien)
• 起火
• 起花光 (kī-huă-guŏng) (Eastern Min)
• 震怒 (zhènnù)
• 鬧脾氣／闹脾气 (nào píqi)

 

Derived terms

• 勃然大怒 (bórándànù)
• 咆哮大怒

 

References

• “項羽本紀 [Annals of Xiang Yu]”, in Chinese Text Project‎^[1] (in Chinese) (wiki), 2013 May 13, retrieved January 7, 2024
• “項羽本紀 [Annals of Xiang Yu]”, in Baidu Baike [Baidu Encyclopedia] (in Chinese) (wiki), 2022 October 2, retrieved January 7, 2024