大意

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (大意)		大	意

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàyì

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ ji³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tāi-ì

(Teochew, Peng'im): dai⁶ i³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàyì → dàyi (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄧˋ → ㄉㄚˋ ˙ㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàyi̊
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-i⁵
  - Yale: dà-yi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dah.yih
  - Palladius: даи (dai)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/ → /tä⁵¹ i¹/
  - Homophones:
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    大意
    大義 / 大义
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ ji³
  - Yale: daaih yi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ ji³
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ yi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² jiː³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-ì
  - Tâi-lô: tāi-ì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daixix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ i²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² i⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ i²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ i¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ i²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dai⁶ i³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tăi ì
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai³⁵⁻¹¹ i²¹³/

Adjective

大意

careless; negligent

Synonyms

容易 (literary)
投五投六 (⁶deu-ng-deu-loq) (Shanghainese)
揦西 (laa² sai¹) (Cantonese)
毛糙 (máocāo)
泡毛 (pao⁴ mao²) (Sichuanese)
潦草
疏忽
簡單 / 简单 (jiǎndān)
粗心 (cūxīn)
邋糊 (la³ fu²) (Xiang)
馬虎 / 马虎

Antonyms

當心／当心 (dāngxīn)
小心 (xiǎoxīn)
細心／细心 (xìxīn)
仔細／仔细 (zǐxì)

Derived terms

大意失荊州 / 大意失荆州 (dàyì shī Jīngzhōu)
粗心大意 (cūxīndàyì)
麻痺大意 / 麻痹大意 (mábìdàyì)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàyì

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ ji³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-ì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàyì
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-i⁴
  - Yale: dà-yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahyih
  - Palladius: даи (dai)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    大意
    大義 / 大义
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ ji³
  - Yale: daaih yi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ ji³
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ yi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² jiː³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-ì
  - Tâi-lô: tāi-ì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daixix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ i²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² i⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ i²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ i¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ i²¹/

Noun

大意

general idea; main points

Synonyms

主旨 (zhǔzhǐ)
大旨 (dàzhǐ)
指歸 / 指归 (zhǐguī) (literary)
旨要 (zhǐyào)
歸趣 / 归趣 (guīqù) (literary)
要旨 (yàozhǐ)
要義 / 要义 (yàoyì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	意
たい Grade: 1	い Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

大(たい)意(い) • (taii)

purport, gist, general idea
outline, summary

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
大	意

Noun

大意

chữ Hán form of đại ý (“general idea; main points”)