自大

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
simp. and trad. (自大)		自	大

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìdà

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄉㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ daai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chīr-tāi / chū-tāi / chū-tōa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìdà
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄉㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhdà
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-ta⁴
    • Yale: dz̀-dà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhdah
    • Palladius: цзыда (czyda)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ daai⁶
    • Yale: jih daaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ daai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ dai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² taːi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīr-tāi
    • Tâi-lô: tsīr-tāi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁴¹⁻²² tai⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-tāi
    • Tâi-lô: tsū-tāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuxdai
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ tai²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ tai³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ tai³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-tōa
    • Tâi-lô: tsū-tuā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuxdoa
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ tua²²/

Adjective

自大

1. self-important; arrogant; conceited

Synonyms

• 傲慢 (àomàn)
• 兀傲 (wù'ào) (literary)
• 囂俳／嚣俳 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 囂張／嚣张 (xiāozhāng)
• 沙塵／沙尘 (saa¹ can⁴) (Cantonese)
• 滿／满 (mǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 滿盈／满盈 (mǎnyíng) (literary)
• 牙擦 (Cantonese)
• 牛氣／牛气 (niúqi) (regional)
• 狂 (kuáng)
• 狂妄 (kuángwàng)
• 矜貴／矜贵 (jīnguì) (literary)
• 空歁 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 自恃 (zìshì)
• 自滿／自满 (zìmǎn)
• 自負／自负 (zìfù)
• 自高 (zìgāo)
• 起市 (hei² si^4*) (Taishanese)
• 起徛 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 驕傲／骄傲 (jiāo'ào)
• 驕橫／骄横 (jiāohèng)
• 驕矜／骄矜 (jiāojīn) (literary)
• 驕縱／骄纵 (jiāozòng)
• 高傲 (gāo'ào)
• 高慢 (gāomàn)

 

Derived terms

• 夜郎自大 (yèlángzìdà)
• 自大狂 (zìdàkuáng)