大工

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour
simp. and trad. (大工)		大	工

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàgōng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ gung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàgōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàgong
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-kung¹
  - Yale: dà-gūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahgong
  - Palladius: дагун (dagun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    大公
    大功
    大工
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ gung¹
  - Yale: daaih gūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ gung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ gung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² kʊŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    大公
    大功
    大工

Noun

大工

(literary or Hong Kong) skilled worker

Proper noun

大工

short for 大連理工大學

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	工
だい Grade: 1	く Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) だいく [dáꜜìkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [da̠ikɯ̟]

Noun

大(だい)工(く) • (daiku)

carpenter
Synonym: 木工 (mokkō)
(historical) master carpenter
(archaic) carpenter associated with the 木工寮 (Mokkō-ryō, “Bureau of Woodworking”) who worked on governmental construction and maintenance projects

Derived terms

日(にち)曜(よう)大(だい)工(く) (nichiyō daiku, “do it yourself carpenter”)

References

^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō