大名

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place
trad. (大名)		大	名
simp. ^#(大名)		大	名

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàmíng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ ming⁴ / daai⁶ meng^4-2
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-miàng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-miâ / tāi-bêng
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶da-min

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàmíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàmíng
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-ming²
  - Yale: dà-míng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahming
  - Palladius: дамин (damin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ miŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàmíngr
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàmíngr
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-ming²-ʼrh
  - Yale: dà-míngr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahmiengl
  - Palladius: даминр (daminr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ miɤ̯̃ɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ ming⁴ / daai⁶ meng^4-2
  - Yale: daaih mìhng / daaih méng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ ming⁴ / daai⁶ meng^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ ming⁴ / dai⁶ méng^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² mɪŋ²¹/, /taːi̯²² mɛːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-miàng
  - Hakka Romanization System: tai miang^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ miang²
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ mi̯aŋ¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-miâ
  - Tâi-lô: tuā-miâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doaxmiaa
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² miã²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ miã¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ miã²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ miã²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ miã²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-bêng
  - Tâi-lô: tāi-bîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daixbeeng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ biɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ biɪŋ²³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ biɪŋ²⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶da-min
  - MiniDict: da^去 min
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³da-min
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /da²² min⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: dajH mjieng

Rime
Character	大	名
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	徒蓋切	武并切
Baxter	dajH	mjieng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑi^H/	/miᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑi^H/	/miɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑi^H/	/miæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/daj^H/	/miajŋ/
Li Rong	/dɑi^H/	/miɛŋ/
Wang Li	/dɑi^H/	/mĭɛŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱɑi^H/	/mi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dài	míng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daai⁶	ming⁴

Noun

大名

formal name of a person (as opposed to a nickname)
(honorific) your esteemed given name
(literary) (your) great fame; reputation
久仰大名，幸會幸會！ [MSC, trad.]
久仰大名，幸会幸会！ [MSC, simp.]
Jiǔyǎng dàmíng, xìnghuì xìnghuì! [Pinyin]
I’ve been looking forward to meeting you for a long time – it's an honour!
(historical) daimyo (a lord during the Japanese feudal period)

Derived terms

久仰大名 (jiǔyǎngdàmíng)
久聞大名 / 久闻大名 (jiǔwéndàmíng)
大名鼎鼎 (dàmíngdǐngdǐng)
尊姓大名 (zūnxìngdàmíng)
鼎鼎大名 (dǐngdǐngdàmíng)

Proper noun

大名

(～縣) Daming (a county of Handan, Hebei, China)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
大	名
だい Grade: 1	みょう Grade: 1
goon

/daimjau/ → /daimjɔː/ → /daimjoː/.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) だいみょー [dàímyóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [da̠imʲo̞ː]
Audio: (file)

Noun

大(だい)名(みょう) • (daimyō) ^{←だいみやう (daimyau)^?}

one who owns much land
a warrior who possessed more than 10,000 koku of land; a feudal lord, daimyō

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
大	名
たい Grade: 1	めい Grade: 1
kan'on

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たいめー [tàíméé] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ta̠ime̞ː]

Noun

大(たい)名(めい) • (taimei)

great honor; fame, reputation

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
大	名
おお Grade: 1	な Grade: 1
kun'yomi

/opona/ → /oɸona/ → /owona/ → /oona/ → /oːna/.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おおな [òóná] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [o̞ːna̠]

Noun

大(おお)名(な) • (ōna) ^{←おほな (ofona)^?}

a general name for something
the name for a large division in a village or town