大員
Chinese
Etymology 1
big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
person; employee; member | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (大員) | 大 | 員 | |
| simp. (大员) | 大 | 员 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: dàyuán
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄩㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dàyuán
- Wade–Giles: ta4-yüan2
- Yale: dà-ywán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahyuan
- Palladius: даюань (dajuanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tä⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
大員
Etymology 2
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (大員) | 大 | 員 | |
| simp. (大员) | 大 | 员 | |
| alternative forms | 大圓／大圆 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Dàyuán
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄩㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Dàyuán
- Wade–Giles: Ta4-yüan2
- Yale: Dà-ywán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahyuan
- Palladius: Даюань (Dajuanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tä⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tāi-oân
- Tâi-lô: Tāi-uân
- Phofsit Daibuun: daixoaan
- IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ uan²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² uan²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ uan¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ uan²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ uan²³/
- (Hokkien)
Proper noun
大員
- (historical, obsolete) Tayouan (a historical peninsula located in present-day Anping district, Tainan, Taiwan)
- 東番夷人不知所自始，居彭湖外洋海島中。起魍港、加老灣，歷大員、堯港、打狗嶼、小淡水、雙溪口、加哩林、沙巴里、大幫坑，皆其居也，斷續凡千餘里。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 1603, 陳第 (Chen Di), 東番記
- Dōngfān yírén bùzhī suǒ zì shǐ, jū pénghú wàiyáng hǎidǎo zhōng. Qǐ Wǎnggǎng, Jiālǎowān, lì Dàyuán, Yáogǎng, Dǎgǒuyǔ, Xiǎodànshuǐ, Shuāngxīkǒu, Jiālilín, Shābālǐ, Dàbāngkēng, jiē qí jū yě, duànxù fán qiān yú lǐ. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
东番夷人不知所自始，居彭湖外洋海岛中。起魍港、加老湾，历大员、尧港、打狗屿、小淡水、双溪口、加哩林、沙巴里、大帮坑，皆其居也，断续凡千余里。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]