大圓
Chinese
Etymology 1
big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
circle; round; circular circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (Yuan); tactful; to justify | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (大圓) | 大 | 圓 | |
| simp. (大圆) | 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
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: dua7 in5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuā îⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /tua¹¹ ĩ⁵⁵/
- (Teochew)
Noun
大圓
- (geometry) great circle
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 大, 圓 / 圆 (yuán). ("big circle")
- (Teochew) roundabout; traffic circle
Synonyms
- (roundabout):
Dialectal synonyms of 環島 (“roundabout; traffic circle”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 圓環 |
| Malaysia | 交通圈 | |
| Singapore | 交通圈 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 轉盤 |
| Liuzhou | 環島, 轉盤 | |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 迴旋處 |
| Macau | 迴旋處, 圓形地 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 圓環 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 圓環 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 圓環 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 圓環 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 圓環 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 圓環 | |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 圓環 GT |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 圓箍環 | |
| Jieyang | 大圓 | |
| Puning | 大圓 | |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | |
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 大圓 – see 大員 (“Tayoan”). (This term is a variant form of 大員). |