大水

Chinese

big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
water; river
simp. and trad.
(大水)

Pronunciation


Noun

大水

  1. flood (usually disastrous overflow from a body of water)
    只要不再下雨大水慢慢退 [MSC, trad.]
    只要不再下雨大水慢慢退 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhǐyào bùzài xiàyǔ, dàshuǐ jiù huì mànmàn dì tuì le. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. sea or river
    大水淤積嚴重容易造成氾濫 [MSC, trad.]
    大水淤积严重容易造成氾滥 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè tiáo dàshuǐ yūjī yánzhòng, róngyì zàochéng fánlàn. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  3. (Taishanese) heavy rain; downpour

Synonyms

  • (flood):

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (大水):
  • Japanese: 大水(たいすい) (taisui)

See also

Verb

大水

  1. (Shanghainese) to flood

References

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
おお
Grade: 1
みず
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Compound of (ō, great) +‎ (mizu, water).

Pronunciation

Noun

(おお)(みず) • (ōmizuおほみづ (ofomidu)?

  1. flood
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
たい
Grade: 1
すい
Grade: 1
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 大水 (dajH sywijX, literally great + water). Compare modern Mandarin 大水 (dàshuǐ, “flood”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いすい [tàísúí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ta̠isɨi]

Noun

(たい)(すい) • (taisui

  1. great river or lake
  2. flood
Synonyms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

大水 • (daesu) (hangeul 대수)

  1. hanja form? of 대수 (flood)

Okinawan

Etymology

Kanji in this term
うー
Grade: 1
みじ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Compound of (ū-, great) +‎ (miji, water). Cognate to Japanese (おお)(みず) (ōmizu).

Noun

(うー)(みじ) (ūmiji

  1. flood

References