大手

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (大手)		大	手

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄡˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàshǒu
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-shou³
  - Yale: dà-shǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshoou
  - Palladius: дашоу (dašou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàshǒur
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄡˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàshǒur
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-shou³-ʼrh
  - Yale: dà-shǒur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshooul
  - Palladius: дашоур (dašour)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ʂɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

大手

(colloquial) number two; defecation

Derived terms

解大手 (jiě dàshǒu)

See also

小手 (xiǎoshǒu)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
大	手
おお Grade: 1	て Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おおて [óꜜòtè] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [o̞ːte̞]

Noun

大(おお)手(て) • (ōte)

major company
アメリカの大手(おおて)自動車(じどうしゃ)メーカー「フォード」
amerika no ōte jidōsha mēkā “fōdo”
Ford, a major American automaker
front gates of a castle
both arms outstretched

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
大	手
おお Grade: 1	て > で Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おおで [òódé] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [o̞ːde̞]

Noun

大(おお)手(で) • (ōde)

full length of one's arm from shoulder to fingertip

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.