大覺

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	feel; find that; thinking feel; find that; thinking; awake; aware; a nap; a sleep
trad. (大覺)		大	覺
simp. (大觉)		大	觉

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàjué

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ gok³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-kok
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-kak

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàjué
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàjyué
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-chüeh²
  - Yale: dà-jywé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahjyue
  - Palladius: дацзюэ (daczjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ gok³
  - Yale: daaih gok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ gok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ gog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² kɔːk̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-kok
  - Hakka Romanization System: tai gog^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ gog⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ kok̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-kak
  - Tâi-lô: tāi-kak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daixkag
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ kak̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² kak̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ kak̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ kak̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ kak̚³²/

Noun

大覺

(literary, Buddhism) great awakening; attainment of divine enlightenment
- 且有大覺而後知此其大夢也，而愚者自以爲覺，竊竊然知之。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  且有大觉而后知此其大梦也，而愚者自以为觉，窃窃然知之。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE
  Qiě yǒu dàjué ér hòu zhī cǐ qí dàmèng yě, ér yúzhě zì yǐwéi jué, qièqiè rán zhī zhī. [Pinyin]
  By and by comes the Great Awakening, and then we find out that this life is really a great dream. Fools think they are awake now, and flatter themselves they know if they are really princes or peasants.
- 今將有大覺，然後知今此之為大夢也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  今将有大觉，然后知今此之为大梦也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: Huainanzi, 2^nd century BCE
  Jīn jiāng yǒu dàjué, ránhòu zhī jīn cǐ zhī wéi dàmèng yě. [Pinyin]
  If one day you can fully awaken, you will realize that everything today is just a big dream.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (大覺):

→ Japanese: 大覚(だいかく) (daikaku)
→ Korean: 대각(大覺) (daegak)
→ Vietnamese: đại giác (大覺)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàjiào

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ gaau³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàjiào
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàjiào
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-chiao⁴
  - Yale: dà-jyàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahjiaw
  - Palladius: дацзяо (daczjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ gaau³
  - Yale: daaih gaau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ gaau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ gao³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² kaːu̯³³/

Noun

大覺

(colloquial) long and deep sleep; good sleep
睡大覺／睡大觉 ― shuì dàjiào ― to have a good sleep