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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàsānyuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄙㄢㄩㄢˊ
  - 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

(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])^[1]
IPA^(key): [da̠isã̠ŋɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

大(だい)三(さん)元(げん) • (daisangen)

(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)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN