大河

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	river
simp. and trad. (大河)		大	河

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàhé

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄜˊ
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-hò

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàhé
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàhé
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-ho²
  - Yale: dà-hé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahher
  - Palladius: дахэ (daxɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    大和
    大河
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-hò
  - Hakka Romanization System: tai ho^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ ho²
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ ho¹¹/

Noun

大河

big river; large river; (specifically) the Yellow River
大河漲水小河滿，大河不水小河乾。 [Waxiang, trad.]
大河涨水小河满，大河不水小河干。 [Waxiang, simp.]
[lui²² uæ¹³ tioŋ⁵³ tsu⁵³ ɳia¹³ uæ¹³ moŋ⁵³ lui²² uæ¹³ paʔ⁵³ tsu⁵³ ɳia¹³ uæ¹³ kʰoŋ⁵³] [IPA]
The small river will be full if the big river flows; the small river will be dry if there is no water in the big river.

Proper noun

大河

(～鎮) Dahe (a town in Laifeng, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)
(～鄉) Dahe (a township in Wuxi, Chongqing, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	河
たい Grade: 1	か > が Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たいが [táꜜìgà] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ta̠iɡa̠]

Noun

大(たい)河(が) • (taiga)

a large river

Proper noun

大(たい)河(が) • (Taiga)

a male or female given name