大字報

大字報

1. (Mainland China, historical) dazibao; big-character poster (wall-mounted newspaper or similar, used as a popular form of communication in China) (Classifier: 張／张 m) [from 1940s]
   • 1949 January 20, 浦江清, “清华园日记（下）”, in 《清华园日记 西行日记》, Beijing: 三联书店, published June 1987, page 260:

     工字厅前有教联会大字报，抄录国内外消息，得自无线电广播者，亦有园内新闻及社评等，词锋甚利，攻击右派教授，对于教授会、校务会议亦常有不敬之处。 [MSC, simp.]
     工字廳前有教聯會大字報，抄錄國內外消息，得自無線電廣播者，亦有園內新聞及社評等，詞鋒甚利，攻擊右派教授，對於教授會、校務會議亦常有不敬之處。 [MSC, trad.]

     Gōngzìtīng qián yǒu Jiàoliánhuì dàzìbào, chāolù guónèiwài xiāoxi, dé zì wúxiàndiàn guǎngbōzhě, yì yǒu yuánnèi xīnwén jí shèpíng děng, cífēng shèn lì, gōngjī yòupài jiàoshòu, duìyú jiàoshòu huì, xiàowù huìyì yì cháng yǒu bùjìng zhī chù. [Pinyin]

     Previously, at Gongziting, there were big-character posters from the Association of Professors. They transcribed domestic and international news from radio broadcasters, and they also had campus news and social commentary. The writing was quite incisive, attacking right-wing professors; they were also often quite disrespectful of the professors' meetings and school administration meetings.

   • 1958 May, 張伏生, “名医开良方”, in 中共福建省委办公廳, editor, 《福建民歌·第一集》, Fuzhou: 福建人民出版社, page 130:

     大字报，几十張，張張打在心坎上，平心靜气想一想：勝过名医开良方。 [MSC, simp.]
     大字報，幾十張，張張打在心坎上，平心靜氣想一想：勝過名醫開良方。 [MSC, trad.]

     Dàzìbào, jǐshí zhāng, zhāngzhāng dǎ zài xīnkǎn shàng, píngxīnjìngqì xiǎng yī xiǎng: shèngguò míngyī kāi liángfāng. [Pinyin]

     Big-character posters, tens of them, each one hits the bottom of the heart. Think about it with a calm mind: it is better than a renowned doctor writing an effective prescription.

   • 1962 May, 楊嘯, “大字报”, in 《笛声》, Tianjin: 百花文艺出版社, page 3:

     可不是嘛，刚过門的儿媳妇，写大字报批評公公，尽管是婆婆的主意吧，但到底是要由她来編，由她来写呀！ [MSC, simp.]
     可不是嘛，剛過門的兒媳婦，寫大字報批評公公，盡管是婆婆的主意吧，但到底是要由她來編，由她來寫呀！ [MSC, trad.]

     Kěbushì ma, gāng guòmén de érxífu, xiě dàzìbào pīpíng gōnggong, jǐnguǎn shì pópo de zhǔyì ba, dàn dàodǐ shì yào yóu tā lái biān, yóu tā lái xiě ya! [Pinyin]

     Tell me about it! A daughter-in-law, who has just been married, writing a big-character poster to criticize her father-in-law — even though it's her mother-in-law's idea, in the end, it's up to her to compose and write it!

2. (television) large cue card
   • 2016, 傅達仁, 《達仁傳奇：不為人知的新聞與祕聞》, Taipei: 時報文化, →ISBN, page 254:

     以前電視主播的「大字報」是手寫的，草的厲害，使我把「英」國女王，報成「美」國女王伊莉莎白差點被電話罵斃。 [MSC, trad.]
     以前电视主播的「大字报」是手写的，草的厉害，使我把「英」国女王，报成「美」国女王伊莉莎白差点被电话骂毙。 [MSC, simp.]

     Yǐqián diànshì zhǔbō de “dàzìbào” shì shǒuxiě de, cǎo de lìhài, shǐ wǒ bǎ “yīng” guó nǚwáng, bào chéng “měi” guó nǚwáng Yīlìshābái chādiǎn bèi diànhuà màbì. [Pinyin]

     Before, the "cue cards" for TV anchors were handwritten. The writing was terribly sloppy, causing me to read the Queen of the U"K" as Queen Elizabeth of the U"S", and I almost died from people phoning in to tell me off.

3. (Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia) notice put up by debt collectors outside debtor's home or workplace
   • 2020 February 10, “疑妹妹欠万新元高利贷　狮城大耳窿越堤追债”, in 《诗华日报》‎^[1]:

     她披露，去年12月10日早上6时30分许正打算出门时，却发现位于美雅花园的住家车房铁门遭人泼红漆，停放在屋子前庭及屋外路旁的两辆车都遭殃，肇事者更留下大字报威胁若事主不叫妹妹出来还钱，下次会把事主整间家烧掉。 [Malaysian Mandarin, simp.]
     她披露，去年12月10日早上6時30分許正打算出門時，卻發現位於美雅花園的住家車房鐵門遭人潑紅漆，停放在屋子前庭及屋外路旁的兩輛車都遭殃，肇事者更留下大字報威脅若事主不叫妹妹出來還錢，下次會把事主整間家燒掉。 [Malaysian Mandarin, trad.]

     Tā pīlù, qùnián 12 yuè 10 rì zǎoshàng 6 shí 30 fēn Xǔ zhèng dǎsuàn chūmén shí, què fāxiàn wèiyú Měiyǎ Huāyuán de zhùjiā chēfáng tiěmén zāo rén pō hóngqī, tíngfàng zài wūzi qiántíng jí wūwài lùpáng de liǎng liàng chē dōu zāoyāng, zhàoshìzhě gèng liúxià dàzìbào wēixié ruò shìzhǔ bù jiào mèimei chūlái huánqián, xiàcì huì bǎ shìzhǔ zhěng jiān jiā shāodiào. [Pinyin]

     She revealed that December 10 last year, at around 6:30 am, when she was about to go out, she discovered that someone splashed red paint on the garage door at her home in Taman Bukit Mewah. Two cars, parked at the frontyard of the house and on the roadside outside of the house were also met with disaster. The culprits left a notice, threatening that if the victim would not ask her sister to come out and pay her debt, they would burn the victim's whole house down next time.

4. poster used in protests or proposals
   • 2018 July 8, “「求恩」大字報救病父 女粉跨欄向古天樂借百萬”, in 文匯報 [Wen Wei Po]‎^[2], page B1:

     但活動尾聲嘉賓於台上大合照時，商場一樓有疑是內地女子跨越圍欄外圍舉起大字報，當中寫上「求恩」，表示因父親重病要向古天樂借一百萬元，唯當時嘉賓們全不知情，但基於該名女子疑有進一步動作，數名保安遂合力將她制服帶走。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     但活动尾声嘉宾于台上大合照时，商场一楼有疑是内地女子跨越围栏外围举起大字报，当中写上「求恩」，表示因父亲重病要向古天乐借一百万元，唯当时嘉宾们全不知情，但基于该名女子疑有进一步动作，数名保安遂合力将她制服带走。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     daan⁶ wut⁶ dung⁶ mei⁵ sing¹ gaa¹ ban¹ jyu¹ toi⁴ soeng⁶ daai⁶ hap⁶ ziu³ si⁴, soeng¹ coeng⁴ jat¹ lau^4-2 jau⁵ ji⁴ si⁶ noi⁶ dei⁶ neoi⁵ zi² kwaa¹ jyut⁶ wai⁴ laan⁴ ngoi⁶ wai⁴ geoi² hei² daai⁶ zi⁶ bou³, dong¹ zung¹ se² soeng⁵ “kau⁴ jan¹”, biu² si⁶ jan¹ fu⁶ can¹ cung⁵ beng⁶ jiu³ hoeng³ gu² tin¹ lok⁶ ze³ jat¹ baak³ maan⁶ jyun⁴, wai⁴ dong¹ si⁴ gaa¹ ban¹ mun⁴ cyun⁴ bat¹ zi¹ cing⁴, daan⁶ gei¹ jyu¹ goi¹ ming⁴ neoi⁵ zi² ji⁴ jau⁵ zeon³ jat¹ bou⁶ dung⁶ zok³, sou³ ming⁴ bou² on¹ seoi⁶ hap⁶ lik⁶ zoeng¹ taa¹ zai³ fuk⁶ daai³ zau². [Jyutping]

     However, when the guests were taking a group photo on stage at the end of the event, a woman, thought to be from Mainland China, crossed the barrier on the first floor of the mall and held up a placard which read 'Seeking Kindness'. She expressed that she wanted to borrow one million dollars from [Hong Kong actor] Louis Koo because her father was seriously ill, even though the guests were completely unaware of this situation at the time. But as the woman appeared to be about to take further action, several security guards quickly worked together to subdue her and take her away.

Others:

• → Arabic: دَازِيبَاو (dāzībāw)
• English: → dazibao, → big-character poster (calque)
• → French: dazibao
• → Hungarian: tacepao
• → Italian: dazibao
• → Russian: дацзыба́о (daczybáo)

• (Tokyo) だいじほー [dàíjíꜜhòò] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [da̠iʑiho̞ː]

大(だい)字(じ)報(ほう) • (daijihō) 

1. (historical) dazibao; hand-written poster; big-character poster

大字報 • (daejabo) (hangeul 대자보)

1. hanja form^? of 대자보 (“(historical) dazibao; hand-written poster; big-character poster”)